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Eve spoke
human language and human evolution
By Lieberman, Philip
- ISBN
- 978-0-39304-089-0
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton, c1998.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 1998
The debate over the origin of language shows little sign of cooling in this millennium. Contributing to the discourse, Lieberman (cognition and linguistics, Brown Univ.) examines both archaeological evidence and data derived from neurological imaging technology to bolster the "Eve hypothesis." According to Lieberman, Homo sapiens most likely evolved from an African ancestor about 150,000 years ago. A comparison of fossil vocal tracts (reconst...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
