The book is for scientists and laypersons intrigued by the question whether Neanderthals had language and, if they did, what it was like. It illuminates the linguistic powers of Neanderthals and provides an answer to the question whether modern humans are unique in being the only species that has language.
The book is for scientists and laypersons intrigued by the question whether Neanderthals had language and, if they did, what it was like. It illuminates the linguistic powers of Neanderthals and provides an answer to the question whether modern humans are unique in being the only species that has language.
Rudolf Botha is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and a former Honorary Professor of Linguistics at Utrecht University. Previous works include Language Evolution: The Windows Approach (Cambridge, 2016).
Inhaltsangabe
Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Pursuing an intriguing but murky matter 2. Telltale Neanderthal teeth Part II. Symbolic behaviours: 3. Making and wearing personal ornaments 4. Producing cave art 5. Beautifying bodies 6. Burying the dead 7. Leaping to language Part III. Non-symbolic behaviours: 8. Making stone tools 9. Teaching stone-tool making 10. Hunting big game Part IV. Implications: 11. Dispersing the murk Notes References Index.
Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Pursuing an intriguing but murky matter 2. Telltale Neanderthal teeth Part II. Symbolic behaviours: 3. Making and wearing personal ornaments 4. Producing cave art 5. Beautifying bodies 6. Burying the dead 7. Leaping to language Part III. Non-symbolic behaviours: 8. Making stone tools 9. Teaching stone-tool making 10. Hunting big game Part IV. Implications: 11. Dispersing the murk Notes References Index.
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