The Mind in the Cave

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The Mind in the Cave
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Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : 9780500770306
ISBN-13 : 0500770301
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Book Synopsis The Mind in the Cave by : David Lewis-Williams

Book excerpt: The art created in the caves of western Europe in the Ice Age provokes awe and wonder. What do these symbols on the walls of Lascaux and Altamira, tell us about the nature of ancestral minds? How did these images spring into the human story? This book, a masterful piece of detective work, puts forward the most plausible explanation yet.


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