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The Singing Neanderthals

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The Singing Neanderthals

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A fascinating and incisive examination of our language instinct from award-winning science writer Steven Mithen. Along with the concepts of consciousness and intelligence, our capacity for language sits right at the core of what makes us human. But while the evolutionary origins of language have provoked speculation and impassioned debate, music has been neglected if not ignored. Like language it is a universal feature of human culture, one that is a permanent fixture in our daily lives. In THE SINGING NEANDERTHALS, Steven Mithen redresses the balance, drawing 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. The result is a fascinating and provocative work and a succinct riposte to those, like Steven Pinker, who have dismissed music as a functionless and unimportant evolutionary byproduct.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
384
Release Date:
2006-03-02
Publication Date:
2006-03-02
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
075382051X
ISBN13:
9780753820513
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
350 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
215 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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