Mind the Gap Tracing the Origins of Human Universals /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kappeler, Peter M. (Editor), Silk, Joan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Evolutionary biology.; Popular works.; Cultural studies.; Developmental psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Life Sciences.; Behavioral Sciences.; Cultural Studies.; Popular Science, general.; Evolutionary Biology.; Developmental Psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.

What makes us human? What made us become the way we are? One way to answer these questions is to identify the traits that all humans share, traits that are universal features of all human societies. Another way to do so is to ask how humans differ from other species, particularly from our closest re...