Chapter 6 Outline

Evolution of the Brain and Behavior

We Are Not So Different, Are We?

6.1 How Did the Enormous Variety of Species Arise on Earth?

6.2 Why Should We Study Other Species?

  • Box 6.1:Why Should We Study Particular Species?
  • Box 6.2:To Each Its Own Sensory World

6.3 All Vertebrate Brains Share the Same Basic Structures

6.4 The Evolution of Vertebrate Brains Reflects Changes in Behavior

6.5 Many Factors Led to the Rapid Evolution of a Large Cortex in Primates

  • Box 6.3:Evolutionary Psychology

6.6 Evolution Continues Today

The Cutting Edge:Are Humans Still Evolving?

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