A History of the Mind
| Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Nicholas Humphrey | 
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| Language | English | 
| Subject | Mind–body problem | 
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus | 
| Publication date | 1992 | 
| Publication place | United Kingdom | 
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) | 
| Pages | 230 | 
| ISBN | 9780671686444 | 
| OCLC | 905469778 | 
A History of the Mind: Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness is a 1992 book about the mind–body problem by the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey. Humphrey advances a hypothesis about consciousness that has been criticised as speculative.