The Origins of the Human Brain: Paleontology, Molecular Biology and Developmental Genetics

  • Robert BOYD, University of California, USA
  • Rebecca L. CANN, University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA
  • Jean-Pierre CHANGEUX (co-editor), Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, France
  • Jean CHAVAILLON (co-editor), Laboratoire de Recherche sur l’Afrique Orientale, UPR 311-CNRS, France
  • Yves COPPENS, Collège de France, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Biologique, Musée de l’Homme, France
  • Henri DELPORTE, Le Perron, France
  • Robert A. HINDE, St John’s College, Cambridge, UK
  • Ralph L. HOLLOWAY, Columbia University, NY, USA
  • Bernardo A. HUBERMAN, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, USA
  • Claudia KAPPEN, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, USA
  • Janusz K. KOLOWSKI, Jagiellonski Uniwersytet, Poland
  • Jean-LOUIS MANDEL, Institut de Chimie Biologique, Faculté de Médecine, France
  • Steven PINKER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
  • David PREMACK, Laboratoire de Psycho-Biologie du Développement – CNRS- EPHE, France
  • Pasko RAKIC, Yale University School of Medicine , USA
  • André ROCH LECOURS, Université de Montréal, Canada
  • Peter J. RICHERSON, University of California, USA
  • Franck H. RUDDLE, Yale University, USA
  • Roger SABAN, Paris, France
  • Phillip V. TOBIAS, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • Bernard VANDERMEERSCH, Université de Bordeaux, France
  • Lawrence WEISKRANTZ, University of Oxford, UK

Ouvrage :
Origins of the Human Brain
Edited by Jean-Pierre Changeux and Jean Chavaillon

Throughout history, humans have been fascinated by their origins. The evolutionary development of the human brain is of particular interest as our intellectual, emotional, and cultural capacities are considered to be unique among animals. This book brings together a group of eminent scientists from the fields of anthropology, psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology. Their views have been captured to provide a starting point for a debate based on the most recent scientific data relating to the evolutionary origins of the human brain.