Evolutionary levels of human thought according to Merlin Donald

Abstract

From synoptic analysis of Merlin Donald’s hypothesis, proposed in the work Origins of the modern mind, a clinical case presented In order to show some concepts develop din his work. The methodology used was essentially bibliographical literature and comparison to the reported clinical case, using external symbolic storage. The peculiarities of the clinical case were raised by participant observation in the work place and by consulting the patient’s medical record, safe guarding the inherent ethical principles, including the principle of confidentiality, kept throughout this clinical case. This work comprises basically two parts: the first, where the author’s proposed evolutionary levels are approached, and the second that, after description of the clinical, these parameters are illustrated through undertaken observation.