Thumbs, toes, and tears : and other traits that make us human

By:

Walter, Chip

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Walker and Company, 2006Description: xiii, 256 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780802715272
0802715273

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

599.938 WAL

Summary: Explores six seemingly unconnected but unique human traits and explains how and why humans do what they do and look the way they do, as well as other characteristics that provide a portrait of the human species.

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Books (NIMHANS Museum)

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books (NIMHANS Museum)	NIMHANS Museum	NIMHANS Museum	599.938 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	NMBK00001

Contents

Prologue
[pt]. 1. Toes
1. The curious tale of the hallux magnus
2. Standing up : sex and the single hominid
[pt]. 2. Thumbs
3. Mothers of invention
4. Homo hallucinator : the dream animal
[pt]. 3. Pharynx
5. Making thoughts out of thin air
6. I am me : the rise of consciousness
7. Words, grooming, and the opposite sex
[pt]. 4. Laughter
8. Howls, hoots, and calls
[pt]. 5. Tears
9. The creature that weeps
[pt]. 6. Kissing
10. The language of lips
Epilogue : Cyber sapiens : the human race, version 2.0
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes
Index.

Explores six seemingly unconnected but unique human traits and explains how and why humans do what they do and look the way they do, as well as other characteristics that provide a portrait of the human species.

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