The prehistory of the mind
Subtitle: a search for the origins of art, religion, and science
By: Steven Mithen
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780753802045
Subjects: Origin; Evolution; Cognition; Hominisation; Genetic psychology; Mental Processes; Language and languages; Prehistoric Art; Evolutionary psychology; Philosophy; Thought and thinking; Brain; Reason; Human evolution; Bewusstsein; Hominidae; Social evolution
Description: Since the 1980s consensus opinion is that the mind is like a collection of specialised modules each tasked for a specific purpose. The author seeks to elucidate and account for this theory and explain what it means to be human in this context.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-348) and index.