Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind
Dunbar, Robin; Gamble, Clive; Gowlett, John
ISBN 10: 0500051801 ISBN 13: 9780500051801
Published by Thames & Hudson, 2014
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Synopsis:
A novel hypothesis by world-class scientists about the evolution of our social lives
About the Authors:
Clive Gamble is a British archaeologist and anthropologist, and Professor of Archaeology at Southampton University. He has been described as the 'UK’s foremost archaeologist investigating our earliest ancestors'.
John Gowlett is Professor of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at Liverpool University. He is involved in fieldwork in eastern and southern Africa.
Robin Dunbar is a British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist specialised in primate behaviour. He is currently head of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. He is best known for formulating Dunbar's number, a measurement of the 'cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships'.
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Title: Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social ...
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
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