Controversy over Sahelanthropus
In Chapter five we discuss Sahelnthropus tchadensis, touted as the first member of the Hominid tribe to walk upright. New research...
The ancestor to all hominins had a ‘mosaic’ of ape and human brain features
Interesting artcile about new research on the Australopithecan brain: https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/the-ancestor-to-all-hominins-had-...
The McGurk Effect and How Different Sensory Parts of the Brain Interact with Each Other
On page 90 of Chapter 5, we talk about the problems of sounds not being. readily identifiable when they don't have an iconic character,...
Julian Jaynes "The Origins of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind"
Thanks to Tom Mardikes, who draws our attention to this theory on the relationship between language and the evolution of human...