BYBS: Big Brain Book

Cover of the book, (c) Gary Lynch and Richard Granger 2008, published by PALGRAVE MCMILLAN 2009

This is a book about the evolution of the human brain.  The book has some pretty interesting ideas.  For example:

• What if there were no particular evolutionary pressure towards intelligence?
• What if the brain structures that are needed for intelligence were there all along?
• What if there were another, more intelligent species along side Homo Sapiens Sapiens that died out?

If you are interested, there is a good podcast from one of the authors that can be at the brain science podcast:

http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/2008/10/48-lynch/ 

I found the book to be difficult to grasp at times, so I created another blog that contains my take on what the authors were trying to say.  You can find it here:

http://bigbrainbook.blogspot.com/

Have a good weekend and happy reading.