Steven Mithen's unique history of water and society in the ancient world has never been told before and is particulary relevant today in the face of global climate change.

While the evolutionary origins of language have provoked speculation and impassioned debate, music has been neglected if not ignored. This book redresses the balance, drawing on a range of sources, from neurological case studies, through child psychology a

Award-winning science writer Steven Mithen explores how an understanding of our ancestors and their development can illuminate our brains and behaviour today.