Unifies theories of animal and human intelligence for a comprehensive evolutionary perspective
Explores the role of genetic information in shaping learning and decision-making mechanisms
Integrates empirical data, psychological insights, and computational models for rigorous analysis
Argues that human intelligence arises from a transition in evolutionary path, not from genetic predisposition
Identifies bottlenecks in evolution that explain the rarity of human-like intelligence
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A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other species
The Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, presenting a bold and provocative new account of how animals and humans have followed two powerful yet very different evolutionary paths to intelligence. This incisive book