This book provides a critical introduction to the current views and controversies regarding language evolution. It sheds new light on hot topics such as: How an
Language, more than anything else, is what makes us human. It appears that no communication system of equivalent power exists elsewhere in the animal kingdom. A
Leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the field, including work in animal behaviour; anatomy, genetics and neurology; the prehistory of
Languages are constantly changing. New words are added to the English language every year, either borrowed or coined, and there is often railing against the 'de