Steven Mithen presents a lucid and detailed account of the evolution of human mind by combining evolutionary psychology and cognitive archaeology. The book is ...

The Prehistory of the Mind is an intriguing and challenging explanation of what it means to be human, a bold new theory about the origins and nature of the mind ...

The Prehistory of the Mind is an intriguing and challenging explanation of what it means to be human, a bold new theory about the origins and nature of the mind ...

May 28, 1998 · This idea is simplistic, and ignores most of what we know about evolution. Adaptations always occur under specific environmental pressures, and ...

The Prehistory of the Mind. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996. first American edition. hardcover. 8vo 288pp. + 70 illustrations. from front flap: "This is ...

Steven Mithen presents a lucid and detailed account of the evolution of human mind by combining evolutionary psychology and cognitive archaeology. The book is ...

Steven Mithen's The Prehistory of the Mind is an ambitious attempt to build a model of the evolutionary history of the mind from archaeological evidence.

'A truly pioneering work, perhaps the first by a practicing archaeologist to review coherently the evolution of human cognitive abilities.'

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 ...