{"product_id":"the-many-human-worlds-human-cognition-myth-memory-and-the-hidden-complexity-of-deep-prehistory-9798197163097","title":"The Many Human Worlds: Human Cognition, Myth, Memory, and the Hidden Complexity of Deep Prehistory","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William Frederick Hyres\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Archaeology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHuman history is far older, stranger, and more interconnected than we once believed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor generations, humanity imagined its past as a simple story of progress - a straight line leading from primitive beginnings to modern civilization. But archaeology, genetics, paleoanthropology, and cognitive science now reveal a very different world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prehistoric past was not empty. It was a crowded and unstable landscape inhabited by many human populations living beside one another across immense spans of time. Neanderthals survived in Ice Age Europe while Denisovans occupied parts of Asia. Island hominins adapted to isolated environments in Southeast Asia. Ancient peoples migrated, interbred, disappeared, and reemerged as climates shifted and coastlines vanished beneath rising seas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook I of a three-volume series\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Many Human Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e explores this deeper human story through an interdisciplinary framework combining archaeology, genetics, environmental history, cognitive evolution, ritual theory, mythology, oral tradition, sacred geography, and maritime prehistory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside this volume, readers will explore: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe branching and interconnected nature of human evolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAncient DNA and the discovery of \"ghost populations\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClimate catastrophe and environmental instability during the Ice Age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe emergence of symbolic thought, ritual, art, and memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMegafauna, predator worlds, and prehistoric survival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaritime migration and drowned prehistoric coastlines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreservation bias and the vast portions of prehistory now lost to time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe relationship between mythology, landscape, and transformed cultural memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than treating myths as literal history, this book approaches them as symbolic reflections of real human experiences shaped across generations of storytelling, migration, catastrophe, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a sweeping exploration of humanity's deep past - a world of many migrations, many environments, many symbolic worlds, and many ways of being human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending scientific research with accessible narrative writing, \u003ci\u003eThe Many Human Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers into a prehistoric world far more complex, dynamic, and mysterious than older models ever allowed - the first step in a larger journey through humanity's forgotten past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892658487447,"sku":"9798197163097","price":1245.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798197163097.webp?v=1781188046","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-many-human-worlds-human-cognition-myth-memory-and-the-hidden-complexity-of-deep-prehistory-9798197163097","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}