The origin and diversification of language / editors, Nina G. Jablonski, Leslie C. Aiello.

By: Jablonski, Nina G
Contributor(s): Aiello, Leslie C | Wattis Symposium in Anthropology (3: 1997: San Francisco) | California Academy of Sciences
Language: English Publisher: San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences, 1998.Description: ix, 202p. : ill., diagrs., maps ; 26cm.ISBN: 0040228467
Contents:
Contents: Animal communication and human language / P. Marler; The foundations of human language / L.C. Aiello; Comparative aspects of human brain evolution / Robert D. Martin; Organization of semantic knowledge and the origin of words in the brain / Alex Martin; Neanderthals, modern humans and the archaeological evidence for language / Paul A. Mellars; The evolution of the human language facility / Steven Pinker; The origin and dispersal of languages / Johanna Nichols; The origin of world linguistic diversity: an archaeological perspective / Colin Renfrew.
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Edited proceedings of the third Wattis Symposium in Anthropology, held at the California Academy of Sciences, 12 April 1997.

Includes references.

Contents: Animal communication and human language / P. Marler; The foundations of human language / L.C. Aiello; Comparative aspects of human brain evolution / Robert D. Martin; Organization of semantic knowledge and the origin of words in the brain / Alex Martin; Neanderthals, modern humans and the archaeological evidence for language / Paul A. Mellars; The evolution of the human language facility / Steven Pinker; The origin and dispersal of languages / Johanna Nichols; The origin of world linguistic diversity: an archaeological perspective / Colin Renfrew.