ORIGINS OF THE MODERN MIND
Three Stages in the Evolution of Culture and Cognition
Merlin Donald
Harvard University Press, 1991
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After reading this book, the reader should understand the evolutionary, anatomical, cultural, psychological, and physiological basis for Donald's theory, and the theory itself.
This book asks how did the human mind acquire its incomparable power? Merlin Donald traces the evolution of human culture and cognition from primitive apes to the era of artificial intelligence, and presents an original theory of how the human mind evolved from its presymbolic form.
Merlin Donald, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He is also the author of A MIND SO RARE.
16 CE credits; 413 pages
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