Adaptation and the Brain

ISBN-13: 9780199546763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 176 str.

University o School of Biology Professor Susan (Professor

Opis

What role has natural selection played in shaping the structure and function of the vertebrate brain? This accessible book unravels the myriad adaptive explanations that have built up over decades, providing both a review and a critique of the work that has sought to explain which natural selection pressures have led to changes in brain size.

Recenzje

This is an invaluable survey. At the end, unsurprisingly, Healy tells us that she has no slick, unifying conclusions. Michael Ruse, Philosophy, University of Guelph,Guelph, Ontario, Canada, The Quarterly Review of Biology

O autorze

Susan D. Healy is a Research Professor at the School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK.