{"product_id":"becoming-human-a-theory-of-ontogeny-9780674248281","title":"Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the William James Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Magisterial...Makes an impressive argument that most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that the general chronology in which these traits appear can at least--and at last--be identified.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Theoretically daring and experimentally ingenious, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Human\u003c\/i\u003e squarely tackles the abiding question of what makes us human.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Susan Gelman, University of Michigan \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVirtually all theories of how humans have become such a distinctive species focus on evolution. \u003ci\u003eBecoming Human\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a complementary theory of human uniqueness, focused on development. Building on the seminal ideas of Vygotsky, it explains how those things that make us most human are constructed during the first years of a child's life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this groundbreaking work, Michael Tomasello draws from three decades of experimental research with chimpanzees, bonobos, and children to propose a new framework for psychological growth between birth and seven years of age. He identifies eight pathways that differentiate humans from their primate relatives: social cognition, communication, cultural learning, cooperative thinking, collaboration, prosociality, social norms, and moral identity. In each of these, great apes possess rudimentary abilities, but the maturation of humans' evolved capacities for shared intentionality transform these abilities into uniquely human cognition and sociality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674248281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.10h x 9.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Michael Tomasello","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38026898342069,"sku":"9780674248281","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6b6a0f50-b358-4f42-99a1-556f93a8133a.jpg?v=1609191582","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/becoming-human-a-theory-of-ontogeny-9780674248281","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}