In an article in Scientific American (Hauser, M. (2009) The Mind. Scientific American, p. 44-51) Hauser points out that the human mind is distinct in at least four dimensions from the mind of any other animal and that this distinctiveness, which Hauser labels humaniqueness, emerged approximately 800,000 years ago “crescendoing” about 45,000 to 50,000 years ago. The explanation for this distinctiveness is unclear and unknown (although its interesting in this context to note Terrence...
