The Origin of Mind

How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172

Modern Wisdom, 5 November 2026. The author is the guest. The book comes up at 49 sec in.

David Geary, the episode's guest and author, cites The Origin of Mind as the work where he examined why humans became cognitively exceptional, tracing brain expansion from australopithecines onward. He reveals he is writing a second edition, working through chapters on prenatal brain development, neurobiological organisation, brain networks, problem-solving, and domain-general intelligence, with the American Psychological Association as publisher.

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