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The prehistory of the mind : a search for the origins of art, religion and science

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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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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
075380204X / 9780753802045
Paperback / softback
153.01
04/05/1998
United Kingdom
English
357p. : ill.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: London: Thames & Hudson, 1996.
Relisted alongside first paperback publication of After the Ice Sold over 15,000 paperbacks so far 'Set to join the canon of essential texts and is also an excellent read' Colin Tudge, Independent 'Daring, original...it's a fine idea and a fine book' London Review of Books 'A truly pioneering work' Colin Renfrew 'Readers will be entertained and provoked by Mithen's insightful synthesis of so many aspects of our evolution. It is a wonderful start to a new and productive way of thinking' Roger Lewin, New Scientist
Relisted alongside first paperback publication of After the Ice Sold over 15,000 paperbacks so far 'Set to join the canon of essential texts and is also an excellent read' Colin Tudge, Independent 'Daring, original...it's a fine idea and a fine book' London Review of Books 'A truly pioneering work' Colin Renfrew 'Readers will be entertained and provoked by Mithen's insightful synthesis of so many aspects of our evolution. It is a wonderful start to a new and productive way of thinking' Roger Lewin, New Scientist HDDA Prehistoric archaeology, HPM Philosophy of mind, JMAL Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), JMR Cognition & cognitive psychology, PSXE Early man