The Prehistory Of The Mind

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'An accessible, very well written, provocative and most valuable book' Lewis Wolpert, Observer 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.

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Steven Mithen is Professor of Early Prehistory and Head of the School of Human and Environmental Sciences at the University of Reading.