Evolución del cerebro: creación de la conciencia

Synopsis of Evolución del cerebro: creación de la conciencia

Explore the fascinating evolution of the human brain and the emergence of consciousness in 'Evolution of the Brain: Creation of Consciousness' by John C. Eccles. This book offers a deep insight into how we came to be, not only as animals at the end of the hominid evolutionary line, but also as human beings endowed with reflective consciousness. Eccles traces the line of human evolutionary descent through developments such as skilled bipedal walking and dawning spirituality, linking them with the growth of the human brain. He conjectures that the beginning of human language came with Homo habilis and its greatly enlarged brain, while the mystery of self-consciousness is related to the newly developing neocortical areas of the brain.