Ape Mind, Old Mind, New Mind
Emotional Fossils and the Evolution of the Human Spirit
by John Wylie
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Pub Date Jan 01 2018 | Archive Date Apr 08 2018
John V. Wylie, MD | BookBaby
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Description
Ape Mind, Old Mind, New Mind is a personal memoir by a psychiatrist who gradually discovers from his patient's descriptions of their mental illnesses that human motivations have been evolved over millions of years for productive engagement rather than competitive fitness. A new uplifting and spiritual view of human nature emerges that is not only consistent with the science of human evolution, but also opens up a simple explanation for such ancient mysteries as self-awareness, reflective thought, and the vast complexity of language.
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INSIDE THIS BOOK YOU WILL LEARN:
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How our craving for sex and attention created human culture.
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How our penises and breasts got to be so big.
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Why belief is really an emotion.
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How ape dominance evolved into human authority.
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Why mental illness is a “side effect” of our species’ evolution.
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The biology of the human spirit.
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The origin of vanity, and why gold is so valuable.
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Why upright posture is so essential to being human.
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The intimate connection between sex, music, and language.
Advance Praise
"In this breathtakingly original book, John Wylie proposes a new theory of mind, one that reconciles evolutionary biology with psychodynamics. This is a great endeavor of the intellect and a deep review of consciousness itself."
–Andrew Solomon: Noonday Demon (National Book Award) & Far from the Tree.
