Enquist, Magnus
The Human Evolutionary Transition: From Animal Intelligence to Culture
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691240770
- author:
- Enquist, Magnus
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 296
- Dimensions:
- 23.1 x 15.5 x 1.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Science, Biology, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Human Evolutionary Transition From Animal Intelligence to Culture by Magnus Enquist, Stefano Ghirlanda, and Johan Lind explores a bold new theory about human intelligence. This book presents a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, arguing that humans have followed a different evolutionary path than other animals. According to the authors, animal intelligence is based on robust associative mechanisms guided by genetic information, which enable animals to sidestep complex problems but limit their learning capabilities. In contrast, human intelligence relies on behavioral and mental flexibility, which has been shaped by lengthy childhoods and cultural opportunities for learning new skills. The Human Evolutionary Transition draws on a range of fields, including psychology, evolutionary anthropology, computational analyses, empirical data, and mathematical modeling, to demonstrate that animal and human intelligence evolved from similar selection pressures while identifying bottlenecks in evolution.
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