Steven Mithen is a professor of early prehistory at the University of Reading. An award-winning archaeologist, he specialises in prehistoric hunter-gatherers and the earliest Neolithic farmers, with long-term field projects in southern Jordan and western Scotland. He is a contributor to the London Review of Books, New York Review of Books, the Guardian and New Scientist. He is the author of The Singing Neanderthals and After the Ice and was elected as a fellow of the British Academy in 2004.
The Language Puzzle. How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age
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- Nombre de pages532
- FormatGrand Format
- PrésentationBroché
- Poids0.42 kg
- Dimensions12,9 cm × 19,8 cm × 3,4 cm
- ISBN978-1-80081-160-7
- EAN9781800811607
- Date de parution06/02/2025
- ÉditeurProfile Books
Résumé
From the ape-like calls of our ancient ancestors to our modern vocabularies of 50,000 words, Steven Mithen draws on the latest discoveries in archaeology, linguistics, psychology and genetics to reconstruct the steps by which humans evolved language - and talked our way out of the Stone Age. This radical new work bridges gaps between disciplines to explain the development of language as the key to what makes us human.
Synthesising meticulously researched evidence, Mithen charts a biography of speech that stretches over millions of years, showing how language changed us and shaped our civilisation.
Synthesising meticulously researched evidence, Mithen charts a biography of speech that stretches over millions of years, showing how language changed us and shaped our civilisation.
