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The Rise of Homo sapiens: The Evolution of Modern Thinking

ISBN: 978-1-4443-5653-3

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September 2011, Wiley-Blackwell

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1. Introduction.

2. The Brain.

3. Working Memory.

4. Brain Evolution.

5. Primates.

6. Early Hominins.

7. Homo erectus.

8. The First Major Leap in Cognition: The Tree-to-Ground Sleep Transition.

9. Homo heidelbergensis and the Beginnings of Modern Thinking.

10. The Rise and Fall of Neandertal.

11. The Second Major Leap in Cognition: Enhanced Working Memory and the Evolution of Modern Thinking.

Glossary.

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