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The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Steven Mithen

Editorial

Basic Books

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

544

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9781541605381

Categorías

Antropología
Arqueología
Evolución

The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved (en Inglés)

Steven Mithen (Autor) · Basic Books · Tapa Dura

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A top scholar reveals the most complete picture to date of how early human speech led to the languages we use today  The emergence of language began with the apelike calls of our earliest ancestors. Today, the world is home to thousands of complex languages. Yet exactly how, when, and why this evolution occurred has been one of the most enduring--and contentiously debated--questions in science.  In The Language Puzzle, renowned archaeologist Steven Mithen puts forward a groundbreaking new account of the origins of language. Scientists have gained new insights into the first humans of 2.8 million years ago, and how numerous species flourished but only one, Homo sapiens, survives today. Drawing from this work and synthesizing research across archaeology, psychology, linguistics, genetics, neuroscience, and more, Mithen details a step-by-step explanation of how our human ancestors transitioned from apelike calls to words, and from words to language as we use it today. He explores how language shaped our cognition and vice versa; how metaphor advanced Homo sapiens' ability to formulate abstract concepts, develop agriculture, and--ultimately--shape the world. The result is a master narrative that builds bridges between disciplines, stuns with its breadth and depth, and spans millennia of societal development. Deeply researched and brilliantly told, The Language Puzzle marks a seminal understanding of the evolution of language.