Description
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.
Award-winning science writer Steven Mithen explores how an understanding of our ancestors and their development can illuminate our brains and behaviour today.
About the Author
Steven Mithen is Professor of Early Prehistory and Head of the School of Human and Environmental Sciences at the University of Reading.
Book Information
ISBN 9780753802045
Author Prof Steven Mithen
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 316g
Dimensions(mm) 199mm * 134mm * 29mm
