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Steven Mithen
'A tour de force' Alice Roberts
'Wonderful ... A remarkably comprehensive biography of the single most important thing we all share - language' Robin Dunbar
The relationship between language, thought…
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A groundbreaking new account of prehistory from one of the most esteemed archaeologists working today
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A top scholar reveals the most complete picture to date of how early human speech led to the languages we use today?
The emergence of language began with the apelike…
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Mithen draws together strands from archaeology, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience and musicology to explain why we are so compelled to make and hear music. He explores music as a fundamental aspect…
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The definitive publication of the ten year Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project.
The book examines how our understanding of human creativity can be extended by exploring this phenomenon during human evolution and prehistory.
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Freshwater shortages will affect 75% of the world’s population by 2050. Mithen puts this crisis into context by exploring 10,000 years of water management. Thirst tells of civilizations defeated by…
This is a physical and historical journey round one of Scotland’s most historically significant islands by the New York Times bestselling author of The Singing Neanderthals, After the Ice and…
20,000 BC, the peak of the last ice age-the atmosphere is heavy with dust, glaciers span vast regions, and people face the threat of extinction. But they live on the…
Prof Steven Mithen
Darwinian thinking and the emerging science of evolutionary psychology are providing some of the most interesting and contentious issues in modern science. This book explores how an understanding of our…
A fascinating and incisive examination of our language instinct from award-winning science writer Steven Mithen.
Steven Mithen’s unique history of water and society in the ancient world has never been told before and is particularly relevant today in the face of global climate change.
A fantastic voyage through 15,000 years of history that laid the foundations for civilisation as we know it by award-winning science writer Steven Mithen.
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Demonstrates how theories and methods of meteorology, hydrology, geology, human geography and archaeology can be integrated to generate new insights into the past, present and future of water resources in…
Steven J. Mithen
Thoughtful Foragers will appeal to specialists in European prehistory as well as to those interested in archaeological theory and method. It makes some very significant advances, which will be of…
