Download or read book The Prehistory of the Mind written by Steven J. Mithen and published by Orion Publishing Group. This book was released on 1998 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1980s consensus opinion is that the mind is like a collection of specialised modules each tasked for a specific purpose. The author seeks to elucidate and account for this theory and explain what it means to be human in this context.