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The Human Advantage
Why our human brains are awesome, and how we left our cousins, the great apes, behind: a tale of neurons and calories, and cooking.Humans are awesome. Our brains are gigantic, …
The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul
A new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness.What marked the evolutionary …
Evolution, the Extended Synthesis
Prominent evolutionary biologists and philosophers of science survey recent work that expands the core theoretical framework underlying the biological sciences.In the six decades …
Animal Beauty
An illustrated exploration of colors and patterns in the animal kingdom, what they communicate, and how they function in the social life of animals.Are animals able to appreciate …
What Is Health?
An argument that health is optimal responsiveness and is often best treated at the system level.Medical education centers on the venerable "no-fault" concept of homeostasis, …
Why Only Us
Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it."A …
The Digital Mind
How developments in science and technology may enable the emergence of purely digital minds-intelligent machines equal to or greater in power than the human brain.What do …
The Synthetic Age
Imagining a future in which humans fundamentally reshape the natural world using nanotechnology, synthetic biology, de-extinction, and climate engineering.We have all heard that …
The Evolving Animal Orchestra
A music researcher's quest to discover other musical species.Even those of us who can't play a musical instrument or lack a sense of rhythm can perceive and enjoy music. Research …
Prehension
In praise of the hand: A philosopher considers the crucial role of the hand in human evolution, particularly with respect to language. "McGinn is an ingenious philosopher who …