[Laland] describes a decade's worth of his and others' research, culminating in a comprehensive and fascinating solution to the vexing problem of the human mind.
Publishers Weekly This well-researched book establishes how cognitive processes are essential for 'cumulative' learning, finding links 'between teaching, language, and cumulative culture.' After years of studying human culture and the human mind, Laland concludes ... Read morethat other evolutionarily advanced animals do not possess human attributes, as is often claimed.
Choice [B]rilliant.
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, The Jerusalem Post As Laland reveals, human endeavour is a vast, cooperative effort that cannot be explained by natural selection alone... Our success, he argues, is not down to language, tool-use, empathy or any other single factor, but rather a 'whirlpool' of cultural and biological processes. In this book, he scours the animal kingdom for clues to why we are a species apart.
Stuart Blackman, BBC Wildlife Magazine Kevin Laland's ambitious new book is, to my mind, the best account yet... A richly rewarding and powerfully argued book.
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