How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention

Woven throughout with lucid anecdotes of his nearly forty years of fieldwork among ian hunter-gatherers, this exploration of our humanity becomes a landmark study of what makes us human.. In this interdisciplinary history of mankind’s most incredible creation, a pioneering linguist masterfully traces the evolution of language across 60,000 generations.Mankind has a distinct advantage over all terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communication on Earth? In this sweeping history, How Language Began revolutionizes our understanding of the one tool that has allowed us to become the “lords of the planet.” Debunking long-held theories across a spectrum of disciplines, Daniel L. Everett, a “bombshell” linguist and “instant folk hero” (Tom Wolfe, Harper’s), presents

Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University. As in his previous books, Everett energetically attacks the long-accepted theory of Noam Chomsky that humans are born with the language instinct, including innate rules of structure.That Everett is skilled at leavening an intellectually challenging treatise with humor is evident on the first page of the introduction.” - Kirkus Reviews“Very few books on the biological and cultural origin of humanity can be ranked as classics. Everett’s How Language Began will be one of them.” - Edward O. I believe that Daniel L. “Everett mixes esoteric scholarly inquiry with approachable anecdotal interludes to surmise how humans developed written and spoken language and why it became vital for survival and

He lives in Petersham, Massachusetts. Everett is the dean of arts and sciences at Bentley University. . Daniel L. He has published more than one hundred articles and twelve books on linguistic theory, including The Dark Matter of the Mind