The master of destiny : a biography of the brain / by Frederick Tilney ; with a foreword by Austen Fox Riggs.

  • Frederick Tilney
Date:
1930
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Credit: The master of destiny : a biography of the brain / by Frederick Tilney ; with a foreword by Austen Fox Riggs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD v CHAPTER I. PRIMITIVE ANCESTORS i Origin and Early Days of the Brain II. ANCESTORS BEFORE THE APES 24 The Brain from Fish to Man III. MAN IN THE MAKING 51 Human Progress from Prehistoric to Modern Times IV. EDEN OR EVOLUTION 85 Genesis and the Origin of Species V. BIRTHPLACE AND EARLY BEGINNINGS OF MAN 107 Influences of Forest and Plain on Brain Development VI. DAWN OF THE PRIMATE BRAIN 129 The Lowest of the Monkey Kind VII. ON THE WAY UPWARD 152 Brains of the Old World Monkeys VIII. MANLIKE TENDENCIES 168 Brains of Gibbon and Orang-Outang IX. HUMAN IN MINIATURE 186 The Brain of the Chimpanzee