Itzkoff, Seymour W.
The Evolution of Human Intelligence

An Argument in Series - A Theory in Four Parts. Part 1: The Form of Man. The evolutionary origins of human intelligence. Part 2: Triumph of the Intelligent. The creation of 'Homo sapiens sapiens'. Part 3: Why Humans Vary In Intelligence. Part 4: The Making of the Civilized Mind.

Itzkoff proposes Paedomorphosis (infantilization) and Orthoselection (evolution in a straight line) as the key evolutionary processes to shaping human nature. Furtheron, he focuses on the evolutionary dynamics that led to the production of ever more intelligent humans. He develops a model of variable intelligence, based on three complementary bodies of evidence: evolutionary, psychoneurological, and historical. Finally, he discusses the sociobiological status of the human brain in producing social and cultural behavior. Vier Bände, zus. 1.247 Seiten, gebunden (Paideia 1983-87/Peter Lang Verlag 1990) Mängelexemplar/near mint