David F. Bjorklund is Professor of Psychology at Florida Atlantic University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in developmental and evolutionary psychology. He previously served as Associate Editor of Child Development and is currently serving as Editor of the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. His books include The Origins of Human Nature: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology (with Anthony Pellegrini); Origins of the Social Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Child Development (edited with Bruce Ellis); Why Youth is Not Wasted on the Young: Immaturity in Human Development; Child and Adolescent Development: An Integrative Approach (with Carlos Hernández Blasi); Psychology (with Peter Gray), and Children's Thinking: Cognitive Development and Individual Differences, now in its sixth edition. His current research interests include children's cognitive development and evolutionary developmental psychology.

"A joyful read" -- Farid Pazhoohi, Evolutionary Psychological Science

"a major theoretical and integrative contribution that can and should be read by any serious student of this subject." -- Melvin Konner, Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture

"This work is an exceptionally appropriate textbook for courses in evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, and evolutionary philosophy." -- R. F. White, CHOICE

"How Children Invented Humanity is a very clear, easy, and interesting read. I not only highly recommend this to the students and researchers of psychological, biological, and anthropological sciences, but this book is also valuable to parents and to-be-parents to understand and learn how early developmental years shape and affect all aspects of their children's childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Additionally, this is a well-referenced book on evolutionary developmental psychology and biology, providing a great review of the literature, covering lots of experiments and studies, combined with Bjorklund's deep understanding of evolutionary biology and great sense of narration. This is a joyful read!" -- Farid Pazhoohi, Evolutionary Psychological Science