The Prehistory of the Mind: A search for the origins of art, religion and science
Author(s): Steven Mithen
Award-winning science writer Steven Mithen explores how an understanding of our ancestors and their development can illuminate our brains and behaviour today How do our minds work? When did language and religious beliefs first emerge? Why was there a cultural explosion of art and creativity with the arrival of modern humans? This ground-breaking book brings the insight of archaeology to our understanding of the development and history of the human mind, combining them with ideas from evolutionary psychology in a brilliant and provocative synthesis.
General Information
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- : Not publisher
- : alliance distribution services
- : 0.344
- : 04 May 1998
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Steven Mithen
- : Paperback
- : 480
- : line drawings
More About The Product
Award-winning science writer Steven Mithen explores how an understanding of our ancestors and their development can illuminate our brains and behaviour today.
Steven Mithen is Professor of Early Prehistory and Head of the School of Human and Environmental Sciences at the University of Reading.
