Description: This revolutionary book provides fresh answers to long-standing questions of human origins and consciousness. Drawing on his breakthrough research in comparative neuroscience, Terrence Deacon offers a wealth of insights into the significance of symbolic thinking. Deacon injects a renewed sense of adventure into the experience of being human.
Brief description: Terrence W. Deacon is a professor of biological anthropology and neuroscience and the chair of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. The author of The Symbolic Species and Incomplete Nature, he lives near Berkeley, California.
Review Quotes: Essential reading for anyone interested in what makes us human.--Merlin Donald, Professor of Psychology, Queens University, Ontario