Contents

Preface     ix

Acknowledgments     xiii

Chapter

One

Brainworks     1

Chapter

Two

Brain Design by Rube Goldberg     25

Chapter

Three

Darwin Got It Right     60

Chapter

Four

Chimpanzee Brain 2.0     82

Chapter

Five

Stones, Bones, and Brains     121

Chapter

Six

The Gene Game     156

Chapter

Seven

What Makes Us Tick     189

References     209

Index     231