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100 _aWalter, Chip
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245 _aThumbs, toes, and tears :
_band other traits that make us human
260 _aNew York :
_bWalker and Company,
_c2006
300 _axiii, 256 p. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aContents 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.
520 _aExplores 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.
650 _aEmotion
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650 _aHuman Behaviour
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650 _aHuman Being
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650 _aHuman Evolutions
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