The work consists of three parts--Humanity, Culture, and Social Life--and 40 major contributions. Part One emphasizes human beings as members of a species, how that species differs from others, how it has evolved, and how human populations have adapted to and in turn transformed their environments. Part Two deals with the origin and structure of human culture, and on the role of culture in action, perception, and cognition. Part Three examines the various aspects of the relationships and processes that are carried on by persons and groups in the course of social life.
Useful features such as cross-references within the text, full biographical references, suggestions for further reading and carefully illustrated line drawings make this an indispensable resource for all students of anthropology or sociology.
Tone of Voice and Mind is a synthesis of findings from neurophysiology
(how neurons produce subjective feeling), neuropsychology (how the
human cerebral hemispheres undertake complementary
information-processing), intonation studies (how the emotions are
encoded in the tone of voice), and music perception (how human beings
hear and feel harmony). The focus is on the psychological
characteristics that distinguish us from other primate species. At a
neuronal level, we are just another mammalian species, but the
functional specialization of the human cerebral hemispheres has
resulted in three outstanding, uniquely-human talents: language,
tool-usage and music. To understand how the human brain coordinates
those behaviors is to understand who we are.
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Day by Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne
Book Description
An ongoing journal depicting one man's
personal struggle for survival, dealing with the trials of an undead
world unfolding around him. An unknown plague sweeps the planet. The
dead rise to claim the Earth as the new dominant species. Trapped in
the midst of a global tragedy, he must make decisions...choices that
that ultimately mean life, or the eternal curse to walk as one of them.
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Charles Darwin is the father of modern evolution. Darwin used philosophy and biological science to develop the concept of evolution which is primarily based on the theory of 'natural selection'. Darwin observed in the world about him what he believed to be the result of a single cell organism that had evolved into all forms of life we see today. More importantly, there is no chaos involved. It has order. Origin of the Species is all about Darwin discussing how he came to this conclusion. This is the classics of the biology and must be read by everyone who is interestedin biology.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry -
A Comprehensive Textbook 3rd.ed
Human beings are complex living organisms that can be characterized by their appearance and behavior ateach point in the life cycle. Many of these characteristics are uniquely human, such as the array of languages that facilitate interpersonal communication and permit a meaningful interplay of ideas and emotions. Other characteristics, such as affection and aggression, are less distinctive and place our species as one among many that populate the earth. Scientific advances over the past 150 years clearly indicate that hereditary factors are transmitted from generation to generation and account for much of the observed variation among and within species. Although the complexities of human existence cannot be reduced simply to the effects of genes, it is inescapable that genetic factors provide the biological basis for many of our potentialities and vulnerabilities as human beings
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