This bold and brilliant book asks the ultimate question of life sciences: How did the human mind acquire its incomparable power? Origins of the Modern Mind traces the evolution of human culture and cognition from primitive apes to the era of artificial intelligence, and presents an original theory of how the human mind evolved from its presymbolic form. Illustrated with line drawings.
landic cortex, one for light touch, another for deep touch, and separate maps for
muscle, joint, and tendon sensation. Each map is topographical and proportional
to the discriminatory sensitivity of areas of the body. But the body maps of ...
The myth of the banana heart inspires twelve-year old Nenita: she will appease her family's hunger and win her violent mother's love. As she cooks and eats, or dreams of cooking and eating, other love stories unfold in her street, sweltering between an active volcano and a church. It is the hottest summer in the Philippines. It is the 1960s in her small town, reeling with the songs of Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline and the Beatles.
The myth of the banana heart inspires twelve-year old Nenita: she will appease her family's hunger and win her violent mother's love.
