How the Mind Changed : A Human History of our Evolving Brain

Author: Jebelli, Joseph

Mathematics & science

Published on 13 April 2023 by John Murray Press (John Murray Publishers Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

'Thrilling, provocative and mind-expanding'

Mail on Sunday'Masterful

and illuminating' DAVID EAGLEMAN

Dr Joseph Jebelli takes

us on a seven-million-year journey through our own heads, drawing on insights

from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, psychology,

and philosophyto reveal how our brain's evolution turned us into Homo sapiens

and beyond.

Discover how memory has

almost nothing to do with the past; magic mushroom use might be responsible

for our intelligence; and how autism

teaches us hugely positive lessons about our past and future.

A single mutation is

all it takes.

'Written with aplomb and an eye for arresting asides . . . This is an accessible and thought-provoking book' The Times