{"product_id":"2940170636303","title":"Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA radical reconsideration of how we develop the qualities that make us human, based on decades of cutting-edge experimental work by the former director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirtually all theories of how humans have become such a distinctive species focus on evolution. Here, Michael Tomasello proposes a complementary theory of human uniqueness, focused on development. Building on the seminal ideas of Vygotsky, his data-driven model explains how those things that make us most human are constructed during the first years of a child's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTomasello assembles nearly three decades of experimental work with chimpanzees, bonobos, and human children to propose a new framework for psychological growth between birth and seven years of age. He identifies eight pathways that starkly differentiate humans from their closest primate relatives: social cognition, communication, cultural learning, cooperative thinking, collaboration, prosociality, social norms, and moral identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecoming Human\u003c\/i\u003e places human sociocultural activity within the framework of modern evolutionary theory, and shows how biology creates the conditions under which culture does its work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105094910192,"sku":"2940170636303","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170636303_p0.jpg?v=1763714674","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170636303","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}