--- product_id: 663013365 title: "A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI" price: "€ 28.92" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/663013365-a-brief-history-of-intelligence-why-the-evolution-of-brain store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # 4.7⭐ from 1,163 reviews AI & neuroscience crossover insights 5 evolutionary brain breakthroughs A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI **Price:** € 28.92 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🧠 Unlock the evolutionary secrets powering tomorrow’s AI revolution! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI - **How much does it cost?** € 28.92 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/663013365-a-brief-history-of-intelligence-why-the-evolution-of-brain) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **AI Origins Decoded:** Discover how ancient brain innovations underpin modern AI breakthroughs like Go mastery. - • **Top-Ranked & Loved:** Ranked #1 in Apes & Monkeys and boasting a stellar 4.7-star rating from over 1,100 readers. - • **Endorsed by Experts:** Praised by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman for its clarity and depth in bridging complex fields. - • **Neuroscience Meets Tech:** Gain rare insights linking animal intelligence to cutting-edge AI challenges like common sense. - • **Evolutionary Masterclass:** Explore 4 billion years of brain evolution distilled into 5 groundbreaking transitions. ## Overview This bestselling book unravels the 4-billion-year evolution of the brain through five key breakthroughs, revealing how ancient neural innovations inform today’s AI advancements. Endorsed by Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman and highly rated by over 1,100 readers, it bridges neuroscience and artificial intelligence in an accessible, thought-provoking narrative perfect for professionals eager to understand the future of intelligence. ## Description Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be. 'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow The entirety of the human brain’s 4-billion-year story can be summarised as the culmination of five evolutionary breakthroughs, starting from the very first brains, all the way to the modern human brains. Each breakthrough emerged from new sets of brain modifications, and equipped animals with a new suite of intellectual faculties. These five breakthroughs are the organising map to this book, and they make up our itinerary for our adventure back in time. Each breakthrough also has fascinating corollaries to breakthroughs in AI. Indeed, there will be plenty of such surprises along the way. For instance: the innovation that enabled AI to beat humans in the game of Go – temporal difference reinforcement learning – was an innovation discovered by our fish ancestors over 500 million years ago. The solutions to many of the current mysteries in AI – such as ‘common sense’ – can be found in the tiny brain of a mouse. Where do emotions come from? Research suggests that they may have arisen simply as a solution to navigation in ancient worm brains. Unravelling this evolutionary story will reveal the hidden features of human intelligence and with them, just how your mind came to be. Review: Detailed easy-to-follow account on how our brains evolved - From Bilaterians, to vertebrates, to mammals, to first primates, to early humans and modern humans. The book captures five breakthroughs (transitions) on the key features of the brain of those species mentioned that govern their survival, with detailed neuroscience and mixed bag of deep learning and reinforcement learning accounts in explaining how the brain works. The book is simply a refreshing read, provided I am solely a recent self-taught AI researcher without much background in neuroscience. It encourages me to go on and read more about the brain while I have more time, as I have now become more knowledgeable in those topics, which were once too scary to enter. Review: Fascianting read about animal, human and artificial intelligence--highly recommend - This was a fabulous read. How did animal brains evolve, and what does this mean for the development of artificial intelligence. Why can "simple" animals easily do things AI can't, yet, and how did those systems evolve, layer by layer, up to the apex animal that is us? This book answers those questions--at least the ones we have answers to--in a highly entertaining and enlightening way. I really looked forward to reading this book each time, and it made me think more deeply about what makes us--animals and humans--unique relative to our silicon inventions. I can't recommend it enough! ## Features - New Store Stock ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 31,086 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 1 in Apes & Monkeys 12 in Neurology 12 in Human Evolution | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,163 Reviews | ## Images ![A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71KHPnjFUKL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Detailed easy-to-follow account on how our brains evolved *by P***Y on 15 December 2025* From Bilaterians, to vertebrates, to mammals, to first primates, to early humans and modern humans. The book captures five breakthroughs (transitions) on the key features of the brain of those species mentioned that govern their survival, with detailed neuroscience and mixed bag of deep learning and reinforcement learning accounts in explaining how the brain works. The book is simply a refreshing read, provided I am solely a recent self-taught AI researcher without much background in neuroscience. It encourages me to go on and read more about the brain while I have more time, as I have now become more knowledgeable in those topics, which were once too scary to enter. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fascianting read about animal, human and artificial intelligence--highly recommend *by M***S on 24 April 2025* This was a fabulous read. How did animal brains evolve, and what does this mean for the development of artificial intelligence. Why can "simple" animals easily do things AI can't, yet, and how did those systems evolve, layer by layer, up to the apex animal that is us? This book answers those questions--at least the ones we have answers to--in a highly entertaining and enlightening way. I really looked forward to reading this book each time, and it made me think more deeply about what makes us--animals and humans--unique relative to our silicon inventions. I can't recommend it enough! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Superb *by "***" on 22 August 2024* Bennett is not a biologist but by adopting the framework of intelligence he somehow manages to integrate the work of many biologists into a compelling whole, at least as far as human evolution is concerned. Along the way he makes many seemingly obvious yet interesting points which somehow others forgot to mention. Which means of course that they weren't too obvious in the first place! I purchased the audiobook as well as the print edition however I do not recommend the audiobook because the reader continually fails to emphasize the appropriate words, making it harder to follow. Better for a non-fiction work if the author reads it. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/663013365-a-brief-history-of-intelligence-why-the-evolution-of-brain](https://www.desertcart.be/products/663013365-a-brief-history-of-intelligence-why-the-evolution-of-brain) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-09-28*