The Evolved Apprentice: How Evolution Made Humans Unique

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Kim Sterelny (Professor, Australian National University) Tom Roeper (University of Massachusetts)

The Evolved Apprentice

How Evolution Made Humans Unique

Kim Sterelny (Professor, Australian National University), Tom Roeper (University of Massachusetts)

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English

Massachusetts Inst of Tec
29 August 2014

Psychology; Mathematics & Sciences; Evolution

Series: Jean Nicod Lectures

A new theory of the evolution of human cognition and human social life that emphasizes the role of information sharing across generations.

Over the last three million years or so, our lineage has diverged sharply from those of our great ape relatives. Change has been rapid (in evolutionary terms) and pervasive. Morphology, life history, social life, sexual behavior, and foraging patterns have all shifted sharply away from those of the other great apes. In The Evolved Apprentice, Kim Sterelny argues that the divergence stems from the fact that humans gradually came to enrich the learning environment of the next generation. Humans came to cooperate in sharing information, and to cooperate ecologically and reproductively as well, and these changes initiated positive feedback loops that drove us further from other great apes.

Sterelny develops a new theory of the evolution of human cognition and human social life that emphasizes the gradual evolution of information-sharing practices across generations and how these practices transformed human minds and social lives. Sterelny proposes that humans developed a new form of ecological interaction with their environment, cooperative foraging. The ability to cope with the immense variety of human ancestral environments and social forms, he argues, depended not just on adapted minds but also on adapted developmental environments.

By: Kim Sterelny (Professor Australian National University)
Edited by: Tom Roeper (University of Massachusetts)
Imprint: Massachusetts Inst of Tec
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 349g
ISBN: 9780262526661
ISBN 10: 0262526662
Series: Jean Nicod Lectures
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 29 August 2014
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kim Sterelny is Professor of Philosophy at Australian National University and Victoria University of Wellington. His books include Language and Reality (with Michael Devitt; second edition, MIT Press).

Reviews for The Evolved Apprentice: How Evolution Made Humans Unique

The author's imposing scholarship, skill in philosophical analysis, and conscientious scientific methodology make this work a definitive critical discussion of current controversies concerning how humans evolved. * Choice * The Evolved Apprentice is a landmark in theorizing about human cognitive evolution. It should change the conversation. Its breadth of scope, richness of detail, and conceptual originality are unmatched in the recent literature. I recommend it highly. * The European Legacy *