The Prehistory of the Mind Author:Steven Mithen '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 o... more »f the development and history of the human mind, combining them with ideas from evolutionary psychology in a brilliant and provocative synthesis.« less