The Human Condition (Record no. 106027)
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| control field | 978-1-4419-9353-3 |
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| control field | DE-He213 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781441993533 |
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| 024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-1-4419-9353-3 |
| Source of number or code | doi |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QH359-425 |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | PSAJ |
| Source | bicssc |
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| Subject category code | SCI027000 |
| Source | bisacsh |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 576.8 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bednarik, Robert G. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Human Condition |
| Medium | [electronic resource] / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Robert G. Bednarik. |
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| -- | New York, NY : |
| -- | Springer New York : |
| -- | Imprint: Springer, |
| -- | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | XX, 207 p. |
| Other physical details | online resource. |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1 A little epistemology -- The expulsion of Eve -- 3 The hard evidence -- 4 Seafaring, beads and external hard drives -- 5 An alternative paradigm -- 6 The bigger picture -- 7 Advanced cognition and neurodegenerative diseases: a Faustian deal . |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Although the human condition can also be considered in metaphysical, ideological or ontological terms, in this book it is examined from a purely scientific perspective: what has occurred in the evolution of our species that led to the emergence of such a remarkable primate? In reviewing the limited empirical evidence we have about our distant past, some favored interpretations are replaced with hitherto unexplored alternatives. The relatively recent reduction of human brain size and physical robusticity, loss of estrus, development of neoteny and of numerous deleterious or maladaptive genetic syndromes, including neurodegenerative illnesses, are all attributed to one cause: the rise of culturally mediated behavior, including deliberate mate choice based on cultural constructs. This shift, introduced roughly 40,000 years ago, replaced both natural selection and genetic drift with the laws of domestication. Homo sapiens sapiens is thus the product of his own but unintended self-domestication. This revolutionary new hypothesis solves several conundrums in paleoanthropology, neuroscience and the cognitive sciences. But in a broader perspective, it also explains how the contradictions, tensions and enigmas of human existence came into existence and can be rationally accounted for. The Human Condition, therefore, strives to explain the very origins and characteristics of what it means to be human. About the Author Robert G. Bednarik, born in Vienna but an Australian since 1970, contradicts norms. He has undertaken numerous expeditions crossing the sea on rafts built with stone tools, but he cannot swim; he has produced 1165 academic publications, including many books, but has no formal education; he edits three scientific journals and two series of monographs, but not in his native language. As a complete autodidact, he regards himself as ignorant as did Socrates. Consequently his principal interest is the origin of the human ability to create constructs of reality, and in a wide variety of fields providing supplementary information in that quest. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Life sciences. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Evolution (Biology). |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Life Sciences. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Evolutionary Biology. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Title | Springer eBooks |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781441993526 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9353-3 |
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