Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind

Clive Gamble; John Gowlett; Robin Dunbar

How did the brains of our hominin ancestors first become human minds? When did our capacity for language and art, music and dance evolve? And why does this matter today? This groundbreaking book contends that it was the need for early humans to live in ever-larger social groups, and to maintain social r...