Terrence Deacon
Biographic Data
| ID | 160019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Terrence Deacon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Terrence |
| FAMILY NAME | Deacon |
| SIGNATURE | DEACON T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Anthropology Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; and |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Metabolic hypothesis for human altriciality
The classic anthropological hypothesis known as the “obstetrical dilemma” is a well-known explanation for human altriciality, a condition that has significant implications for human social and behavioral evolution. The hypothesis holds that antagonistic selection for a large neonatal brain and a narrow, bipedal-adapted birth canal poses a problem for childbirth; the hominin “solution” is to truncate gestation, resulting in an altricial neonate. T…
The Symbolic Species Evolved
The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Human Brain
The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Human Brain
Metabolic hypothesis for human altriciality
The classic anthropological hypothesis known as the “obstetrical dilemma” is a well-known explanation for human altriciality, a condition that has significant implications for human social and behavioral evolution. The hypothesis holds that antagonistic selection for a large neonatal brain and a narrow, bipedal-adapted birth canal poses a problem for childbirth; the hominin “solution” is to truncate gestation, resulting in an altricial neonate. T…
The Symbolic Species Evolved
Biology (2 works) · Evolutionary biology (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Altricial (1 works) · Animal communication (1 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Biological Evolution (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Birth, Development, and Health (1 works)