Eve Spoke: Human Language and Human Evolution

Eve Spoke: Human Language and Human Evolution Eve Spoke presents a compelling case for the pivotal role that speech has played in human language and human evolution. Wrestling with the age-old question of why such a large gulf exists between humans and other animals, Philip Lieberman mines both the fossil record and modern neuro-scientific techniques to chart the development of the anatomy and brain mechanisms necessary for human language as we know it. Eschewing any notion of a language gene or instinct, he pursues instead an evolutionary path in which environment acts on a biological capacity to reveal the interconnectedness of systems that make us most human: precise motor skills, speech, language, and complex thought. Lieberman interweaves decades of research in anthropology, neuroscience, psychology and linguistics into his exposition on the evolution of human speech. Autor: Philip (Brown University) Lieberman Wydawnictwo: W. W. Norton & Company Rok wydania: 2024 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 210 Wymiary: 25.0 x 25.0 x 1.5 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9780393344790