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Adaptation and the brain / Susan D. Healy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Healy, Sue, author.
- Series:
- Oxford series in ecology and evolution.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford series in ecology and evolution
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Evolution.
- Brain.
- Vertebrates--Evolution.
- Vertebrates.
- Adaptation (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations (colour).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- What role has natural selection played in shaping the structure and function of the vertebrate brain? This accessible book unravels the myriad adaptive explanations that have built up over decades, providing both a review and a critique of the work that has sought to explain which natural selection pressures have led to changes in brain size.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The measurable brain
- 3 The intelligent brain
- 4 The ecological brain
- 5 The innovative brain
- 6 The technical brain
- 7 The sexual brain
- 8 The social brain
- 9 Concluding remarks.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-188615-7
- 0-19-259233-5
- OCLC:
- 1240582130
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