DARWIN'S UNFINISHED SYMPHONY

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and language to science and technology. How did the human mind—and the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture—evolve from its roots in animal behavior?

DARWIN'S UNFINISHED SYMPHONY presents a captivating new theory of human cognitive evolution. This compelling and accessible book reveals how culture is not just the magnificent end product of an evolutionary process that produced a species unlike all others—it is also the key driving force behind that process.

Kevin N. Laland is professor of behavioral and evolutionary biology at the University of St Andrews.