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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOverall, this is a much needed addition to the area of cognitive thought, an area of research that will become increasingly important within archaeology and paleoanthropology over the coming decades. -- Samuel P. Griffiths PaleoAnthropology Landscape of the Mind provides an innovative view on the feedback between the biological and social in human evolution. -- Matthew L. Sisk Journal of Anthropological Research The volume would be a very good read for nonspecialists interested in cognitive evolution in general and human evolution in particular. -- Thomas Wynn Quarterly Review of Biology
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1. Modernity and Infinity 2. Daydreams of the Lower Paleolithic 3. Modern Humans and the Super-Brain 4. The Upper Paleolithic as History 5. Mindscapes of the Postglacial Epoch 6. The Vision Animal Notes Bibliography Index
