Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of Culture and Cognition
By (author): "Merlin Donald"
Publish Date:
September 1st 1991
ISBN0674644840
ISBN139780674644847
AsinOrigins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of Culture and Cognition
Original titleOrigins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of Culture and Cognition
This bold book asks the ultimate question of the life sciences: How did the human mind acquire its incomparable power? In seeking the answer, Merlin Donald traces the evolution of human culture and cognition from primitive apes to artificial intelligence, presenting an enterprising and original theory of how the human mind evolved from its presymbolic form.