Kevin N. Laland
Auteur de Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour
A propos de l'auteur
Kevin N. Laland is professor of behavioral and evolutionary biology at the University of St Andrews.
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Some editions of _Darwin's Unfinished Symphony_ show up as authored by "Kevin N. Lala", rather than by "Kevin N. Laland". This seems to be merely a propagating database error somewhere, so the former name should be aliased into the latter.
Œuvres de Kevin N. Laland
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1962-05-10
- Sexe
- male
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Some editions of _Darwin's Unfinished Symphony_ show up as authored by "Kevin N. Lala", rather than by "Kevin N. Laland". This seems to be merely a propagating database error somewhere, so the former name should be aliased into the latter.
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Evolution of Culture par Kevin Laland
Great book about evolution of human culture from the beginning. Wonderful ideas about how copying behavior exists in many other species including insects, but “teaching” is almost uniquely human. Intriguing hypothesis about the origin of human language as primarily a teaching tool. Not a breezy read but not too difficult either.
Very enjoyable. If you could only read two chapters, probably do the history chapter and the final chapter. I think this will really give me perspective in reading other pieces.
Good survey of different evolutionary approaches to human behaviour. Some of the definitions could be clearer.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 231
- Popularité
- #97,643
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 13
- Langues
- 1