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A Buzzfeed Gift Guide Selection “Few books on the biological and cultural origin of humanity can be ranked as classics. I believe [this] will be one of them.�
How Language Began
Language: en
Pages: 440
Authors: Daniel Everett
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett seeks answers to questions that have perplexed thinkers from Plato to Chomsky: when and how did language begin? wh
How Language Began
Language: en
Pages: 279
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Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-30 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are process
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
Language: en
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Authors: Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Here, the author examines gossip as a form of 'verbal grooming', and as a means of strengthening relationships. He challenges the idea that language developed d
Dark Matter of the Mind
Language: en
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Authors: Daniel L. Everett
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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From a linguist and anthropologist, “a fascinating argument” about culture, cognition, and the concept of human nature (Choice). Is it in our nature to be a