Origins of the Modern Mind

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Harvard University Press, 1991 - 413 pages
This bold and brilliant 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.

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The Need for a Theory of Cognitive Evolution
1
Darwins Thesis
20
Wernickes Machine
90
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