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The deep history of ourselves : the four-billion-year story of how we got conscious brains

by Joseph E. LeDoux, Caio Da Silva Sorrentino

This natural history traces the evolution of the brain and nervous systems from unicellular organisms to complex animals, exploring how early survival mechanisms shape human behaviour and consciousness.

Accession 15741 ISBN 9780735223837 Publisher Viking
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