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How language evolved has been called 'the hardest problem in science'. Taking cues from topics as diverse as the foraging strategies of ants, the distribution of large prehistoric herbivores, and the construction of ecological niches, the author produces a fresh alternative to the conventional wisdom.

Adams Tongue How Humans Made Language How Language Made Humans

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      Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
      Publication Date: 01/03/2010
      ISBN13: 9780809016471, 978-0809016471
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      Book Synopsis
      How language evolved has been called 'the hardest problem in science'. Taking cues from topics as diverse as the foraging strategies of ants, the distribution of large prehistoric herbivores, and the construction of ecological niches, the author produces a fresh alternative to the conventional wisdom.

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