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Chimeras and consciousness : evolution of the sensory self / edited by Lynn Margulis, Celeste A. Asikainen, and Wolfgang E. Krumbein.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Margulis, Lynn, 1938-2011, editor.
Asikainen, Celeste A., editor.
Krumbein, Wolfgang E., editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Consciousness.
Sense organs--Evolution.
Sense organs.
Symbiogenesis.
Brain--Evolution.
Brain.
Self-consciousness (Awareness).
Evolution (Biology).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 321 p.) : ill. (some col.), col. maps.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This title begins the inquiry into the evolution of the collective sensitivities of life. Scientist-scholars from a range of fields - including biochemistry, cell biology, history of science, family therapy, genetics, microbial ecology, and primatology - trace the emergence and evolution of consciousness.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-279) and index.
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
0-262-29497-4
0-262-31246-8
OCLC:
865564941

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