From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds

“[The] best scientific-philosophical approach to understanding how consciousness evolved. . . . A wonderful book that will shape and drive thinking for years to come.”—Shane O’Mara, Times Higher EducationHow did we come to have minds? For centuries, poets, philosophers, psychologists, and physicists have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled abilities. Disciples of Darwin have explained how natural selection produced plants, but what about the human mind? In From Bacteria to Bac…