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Language Evolution Books

Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
Why Only Us: Language and Evolution
The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans
The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language – A Witty Linguistics Guide to How Tongues Mix, Mutate, and Evolve
Cloud Atlas
The Evolution of Communication (Bradford Books)
The Symbolic Species Evolved
Sydney Brenner's 10-on-10: The Chronicles Of Evolution
Evolutionary Linguistics (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention
Language in Prehistory
Genesis of Symbolic Thought
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Daniel C. Dennett
“ We Homo sapiens are the only species (so far) with richly cumulative culture, and the key ingredient of culture that makes this possible is language. ”
― Daniel C. Dennett, From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
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Daniel C. Dennett
“ Perhaps we are just apes with brains being manipulated by memes in much the way we are manipulated by the cold virus. Instead of looking only at the prerequisite competences our ancestors needed to have in order for language to get under way, perhaps we should also consider unusual vulnerabilities that might make our ancestors the ideal hosts for infectious but nonvirulent habits (memes) that allowed us to live and stay mobile long enough for them to replicate through our populations. ”
― Daniel C. Dennett, From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
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