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The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains

byJoseph Ledoux

Centered on the four-billion-year story of how we got conscious brains, The Deep History of Ourselves shows Joseph Ledoux tracing how individual lives intersect with institutions, ideas, and historical change. The Deep History of Ourselves combines scientific research, fieldwork, and carefully chosen case studies, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of science, The Deep History of Ourselves explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter. The Deep History of Ourselves emphasizes the specific circumstances that made this story possible and the consequences that followed.

Publisher

Penguin Books

Publication date

Aug 25, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

432

ISBN

9780735223851