The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body

The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body
ISBN-10
0674021924
ISBN-13
9780674021921
Category
Music
Pages
390
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Steven J. Mithen

Description

An examination of our language instinct. Steven Mithen draws on a huge range of sources, from neurological case studies, through child psychology and the communication systems of non-human primates to the latest paleoarchaeological evidence.

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