Language, more than anything else, is what makes us human. It appears that no
communication system of equivalent power exists elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Any …

" Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong
than with the calls of other primates. In this wide-ranging and accessible overview, Jean …

What is it that makes us human? This is one of the most challenging and important questions
we face. Our species' defining characteristic is language-we appear to be unique in the …

Origins of Language: A Slim Guide offers a concise and accessible overview of what is
known about the evolution of the human capacity for language. Non-human animals …

In The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical
accounts of every aspect of the field. The Volume's five parts are devoted to insights from …

It has been suggested that the evolution of language might be “the hardest problem in
science”(Christiansen & Kirby, 2003, p. 1). Part of the difficulty is that language has long …

In this fascinating book, John Maynard Smith and Eors Szathmary present an original picture
of evolution. They propose that during evolution there have been a number of major …

It is often said that speech is what distinguishes us from other animals. But are we all talk?
What if language was bequeathed to us not by word of mouth, but as a hand-me-down?The …

A novel account of the evolution of language and the cognitive capacities on which
language depends. In From Signal to Symbol, Ronald Planer and Kim Sterelny propose a …

Language has no counterpart in the animal world. Unique to Homo sapiens, it appears
inseparable from human nature. But how, when and why did it emerge? The contributors to …