The new book of the famous "outrageous scientific calm" Viktor Ten immerses in the origins of consciousness and the depths of the psyche, where philosophers, psychologists, biologists tried to penetrate. Experts recommend this study as a "solid textbook" on the history of psychophysiology. An unexpected way out of the impasse, where science got, which failed to break away from monkey reflexes in the study of consciousness. Why was man - the only living thing on Earth - able to free himself from the power of animal instincts? What tragedy did he have to endure in a transitional state? Why did a madman with a split psyche, Homo sapiens, manage to overcome primitive schizophrenia? The author proves that our species was saved not by labor, not by hunting for game or carrion, or even grooming, but... love passion. The development of a theory based on outstanding discoveries of Russian psychology and received the support of a world-famous scientist Natalia Bekhtereva.