Guts and Brains

The human brain and its one hundred billion neurons compose the most complex organ in the body and harness more than 20 per cent of all the energy we produce. Why do we have such large and energy-demanding brains, and how have we been able to afford such an expensive organ for thousands of years? Gu...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Roebroeks, Wil
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden University Press 2021
Subjects:	archeologie archeology anthropologie homo sapiens neandertals brains anthropology Brain size Evolution Foraging Hominini Predation Primate thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology
Online Access:	354665
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