Evolution and the Human Mind: Modularity, Language and Meta-Cognition
- ISBN-10
- 0521789087
- ISBN-13
- 9780521789080
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 331
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-11-02
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Andrew Chamberlain, Peter Carruthers
Description
This volume of essays offers an interdisciplinary examination of the evolution of the human mind.
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