The Origin & Diversification of Language (WATTIS SYMPOSIUM SERIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY) - Hardcover

Jablonski, Nina G

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0940228440 ISBN 13: 9780940228443

Publisher: University of California Press, 1998

Synopsis

In this volume scientists from disciplines as diverse as primatology, archaeology, neurobiology and linguistics present evidence on the origin, spread and diversification of language. The ability of human beings to communicate practical and symbolic information of complexity to one another is a hallmark of our species. However, the beginnings of language did not leave direct traces in the fossil record and has therefore necessitated the use of indirect evidence.

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About the Author

Nina G. Jablonski is Irvine Chair of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the California Academy of Sciences.Leslie C. Aiello is Professor of Biological Anthropology at University College, London.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0940228440
• ISBN 13: 9780940228443
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 212