Origins of the Human Brain

Part I: Anatomy of the brain The first modern men Image of the human fossil brain: endocranial casts and meningeal vessels in young and adult subjects Toward a synthetic theory of human brain evolution The brain of the first hominids Evolution of neocortical parcellation: the perspective from experimental neuroembryology Brain locomotion, diet, and culture: how a primate, by chance, became a man Part II: Genetics The human genome Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution Mammalian homeo box genes: evolutionary and regulatory aspects of a network gene system Part III: Culture Life in the fast lane: rapid cultural change and the human evolutionary process The origins of cultural diversity Individuals and culture Man's intelligence as seen through Palaeolithic art The origins and evolution of writing Part IV: Intelligence The origins of consciousness The social mind Facts about human language Cause/induced motion: intention/spontaneous motion.