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544 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781541605381
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 18 June 2024
Description
In The Language Puzzle, renowned archaeologist Steven Mithen puts forward a groundbreaking new account of the origins of language. Scientists have gained new insights into the first humans of 2.8 million years ago, and how numerous species flouris...
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544 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781541605381
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 18 June 2024
Description
In The Language Puzzle, renowned archaeologist Steven Mithen puts forward a groundbreaking new account of the origins of language. Scientists have gained new insights into the first humans of 2.8 million years ago, and how numerous species flouris...