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How the Mind Changed

A Human History of Our Evolving Brain

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How the Mind Changed

By: Joseph Jebelli
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The extraordinary story of how the human brain evolved… and is still evolving.

We’ve come a long way. The earliest human had a brain as small as a child’s fist; ours are four times bigger, with spectacular abilities and potential we are only just beginning to understand.

This is How the Mind Changed, a seven-million-year journey through our own heads, packed with vivid stories, groundbreaking science, and thrilling surprises. Discover how memory has almost nothing to do with the past; meditation rewires our synapses; magic mushroom use might be responsible for our intelligence; climate accounts for linguistic diversity; and how autism teaches us hugely positive lessons about our past and future.

Dr. Joseph Jebelli’s In Pursuit of Memory was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and longlisted for the Wellcome. In this, his eagerly awaited second book, he draws on deep insights from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, psychology, and philosophy to guide us through the unexpected changes that shaped our brains. From genetic accidents and environmental forces to historical and cultural advances, he explores how our brain’s evolution turned us into Homo sapiens and beyond.

A single mutation is all it takes.

©2022 Joseph Jebelli (P)2022 Little, Brown & Company Biological Sciences Biology Evolution Evolution & Genetics Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Science Human Brain

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"How did humans develop such a runaway mind? Joseph Jebelli masterfully illuminates the neurobiological road by which we arrived, and where it might reach from here."—David Eagleman, bestselling author of Livewired and Incognito
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There were a lot of great aspects to this book. I have been reading a lot about the brain in the last few years and this book serves many masters: reports on where current research is, puts it into a context of evolution, but also talks about how some of the understandings we have had need to be revisited and reexamined. Highly recommend this one.

Great book for a lot of reasons

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I loved the easy explanations of complex issues! This was definitely food for thought. Loved it

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Well written. Well presented. Just all around an excellent book. Highly recommended for anyone and everyone. Very easy to follow and exceedingly interesting.

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