Becoming Human - Michael Tomasello

Winner Of The William James Book Awardwinner Of The Eleanor Maccoby Book Awarda Landmark In Our Understanding Of Human Development.paul Harris, Author Of Trusting What Youre Toldmagisterialmakes An Impressive Argument That Most Distinctly Human Traits Are Established Early In Childhood And That The General Chronology In Which These Traits Appear Canbe Identified.wall Street Journalvirtually All Theories Of How Humans Have Become Such A Distinctive Species Focus On Evolution. Becoming Human Looks Instead To Development And Reveals How Those Things That Make Us Unique Are Constructed During The First Seven Years Of A Childs Life. In This Groundbreaking Work, Michael Tomasello Draws From Three Decades Of Experimental Research With Chimpanzees, Bonobos, And Children To Propose A Framework For Psychological Growth Between Birth And Seven Years Of Age.