The Dawn of Language
Categories: History
"A model of popular-science writing" STEVEN POOLE "I love a book that teaches me things I didn't know while provoking in me thoughts I never had before, setting my mind racing in new directions. Such a book is The Dawn of Language" RICHARD DAWKINS "Magisterial . . . [A] detective story of the deep past" Telegraph Who was "the first speaker" and what was their first message? An erudite, tightly woven and beautifully written account of one of humanity's greatest mysteries - the origins of languag…