Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-351) and index.
Contents
Are Humans Unique? -- Human Evolution -- The Human Condition -- Human Handedness -- Human Language -- The Evolution of Language -- Language and the Brain -- Praxis and the Left Brain -- The Generative Mind -- The Duality of the Brain -- The Plastic Brain.
Summary
What is it that allows human beings to think the way we do? What enables us to communicate with one another through the use of speech? Is the difference between Homo sapiens and other apes simply a matter of degree or are we unique and discontinuous from other species?