Approaches a subject with a wide and proven appeal from a new and challenging angle. Mithen's last book, After the Ice (2002) received excellent reviews, has sold well and been longlisted for the 2004 Aventis Prize for Science Books and has also been longlisted for the 2004 British Academy Book Prize. The Prehistory of the Mind (1998) has been a strong backlist title since pubblication - this book returns to similar territory.
Steven Mithen is Professor of Early Prehistory and head of the School of Human and environmental Sciences at Reading University. Author of numerous books and articles, he has also consulted and appeared on TV and radio programmes about prehistory around the world. He has directed fieldwork in Western Scotland and is currently co-directing excavations in Wadi Faynan, southern Jordan.
offers a new perspective on the development of the modern mind.a detailed erudite exploration of the psychology and neurobiology of music, and the relationship between music and language....a genuine tour de force - unquestionably Mithen's best book to date. - Robin Dunbargrand in its scope and bold in conception...[with] profound conclusions. - Adrian WoolfsonMithen's rich, dispassionate study of the origins of music, language and mime goes back to music-making among primates as the basis for understanding what role music might play in the human mind, primative and modern, healthy and damaged. - Norman LebrechtThis is a long-overdue book, which approaches human evolution from an intriguing as well as entertaining angle. - R.I.M. DunbarMithen argues in this book on "the origins of music, language, mind and body", musical qualities have been fundamental not only to courtship but also to the sense of togetherness that enables a bunch of clever, edgy primates to make the most of their talents. - Marek Kohna joy, packed with the latest research and intriguing new suggestions and ideas. - Richard WentkThis is an absorbing and thought provoling work.
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