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The prehistory of the mind : the cognitive origins of art, religion and science
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- Creator
- Steven Mithen
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First paperback edition
- London ; New York : Thames and Hudson, 1999
- ©1996
- Physical Details
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- 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0500281009, 9780500281000
- OCLC
- ocm41340362
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-283) and index.
- Why ask an archaeologist about the human mind? -- The drama of our past -- The architecture of the modern mind -- A new proposal for the mind's evolution -- Apes, monkeys and the mind of the missing link -- The mind of the first stone toolmaker -- The multiple intelligences of the early human mind -- Trying to think like a Neanderthal -- The big bang of human culture: the origins of art and religion -- So how did it happen? -- The evolution of the mind -- Epilogue: The origins of agriculture
Subjects
- Genetic psychology.
- Cognition.
- Brain -- Evolution.
- Social evolution.
- Thought and thinking.
- Art, Prehistoric.
- Language and languages -- Origin.
- Biological Evolution.
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- Mental Processes.
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- Hominidae.
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