Detailed comparative studies have revealed many surface similarities between linguistic
communication and the communication of nonhumans. How should we interpret these …

A full account of human speech evolution must consider its multisensory, rhythmic, and
cooperative characteristics. Humans, apes, and monkeys recognize the correspondence …

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and
language to science and technology. How did the human mind—and the uniquely human …

Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it come from? How did it
develop into the complex system we know today? And what can an evolutionary perspective …

There exists an undeniable chasm between the capacities of humans and those of animals.
Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that have changed the face of the …

What is Linguistics? How do languages work? Why is this important? Answering these
questions and more, Linguistics: An Introduction covers all the key topics that you will need …

The Open Mind chronicles the development and promulgation of a scientific vision of the
rational, creative, and autonomous self, demonstrating how this self became a defining …

What is the difference between a lie and a fantasy, when the subject is a child? Moving
between literary and scientific texts, Sally Shuttleworth explores a range of fascinating …

In 1872, a woman known only as" An Earnest Englishwoman" published a letter titled" Are
Women Animals?" in which she protested against the fact that women were not treated as …

Naturalism as a guiding philosophy for modern science both disavows any appeal to the
supernatural or anything else transcendent to nature, and repudiates any philosophical or …