The symbolic species: The co-evolution of language and the human brain.
Year:
1997
Publisher:
London: Penguin
Pages:
527
ISBN:
0-393-03838-6
Publication type:
Book — monograph
Language:
English
Keyword(s):
brain ; cognition ; evolution theory ; human communication ; language ; symbol
Annotation:
This book details how mankind's use of symbolic communication may have evolved and what influence this use has had on human evolution in view of cognitive, linguistic, and neuroanatomical evidence.