Mithen, Steven
The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age
- ISBN 13:
- 9781800811584
- author:
- Mithen, Steven
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Profile Books Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 544
- Dimensions:
- 23.6 x 16.2 x 5.2 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Anthropology,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age The relationship between language, thought and culture is a fundamental question about what it means to be human. Steven Mithen's groundbreaking book explores how the invention of words at 1.6 million years ago marked the beginning of human language evolution, transforming the nature of thought and culture. Drawing on the latest discoveries in archaeology, linguistics, psychology, and genetics, Mithen reconstructs the steps by which language evolved, explaining how it enabled humans to transition from ape-like calls to the complex systems of communication we use today. This radical new work challenges outdated ideas about language and offers a new synthesis for the evolution of language that will be widely accepted as a new standard account.
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