Life's Cognitive Edge: The Role of the Mind & What it Means

A cool little lecture from the U of Arizona collection. Yes, it's evolutionary biology, a field under attack from the more "hard" science folks, but it's still interesting.

Life's Cognitive Edge: The Role of the Mind & What it Means

On February 13, 2008, Dr. Anna Dornhaus, Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, gave lecture at the College of Science The Edges of Life Lecture Series: "Life's Cognitive Edge: The Role of the Mind and What it Means to be Human." Dr. Dornhaus says " Our human mind distinguishes us from other animal life-or does it? Recent research has revealed culture and social learning, tool use, complex communication, self-recognition, and planning for the future are not unique to the human experience. With these new findings, science is finally getting closer to understanding exactly what makes us human."

Unfortunately, I can't embed the video, but you can watch it in large form at YouTube.

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