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The Ape That Spoke: Language and the Evolution of the Human Mind
The Ape That Spoke Language and the Evolution of the Human Mind
Author: John McCrone
From hairy hominids, rational, self-aware human beings sprang into existence within a mere two million years -- an eye-blink in geological terms. McCrone believes it was language that triggered the quantum leap in human development, allowing Homo sapiens to arise in the midst of an inhospitable ice age and sweep across the earth. McCrone re-crea...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780688103262
ISBN-10: 068810326X
Publication Date: 1/1991
Pages: 288
Edition: 1st U.S. ed
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Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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A fascinating history of the development of mankind.


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