The cradle of language/
edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- xviii, 386 p., [12] p. of col. plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-364) and index.
1. Introduction: Perspectives on the Evolution of Language in Africa, Chris Knight 2. Earliest Personal Ornaments and Their Significance for the Origin of Language Debate, Francesco d'Errico and Marian Vanhaeren 3. Reading the Artefacts: Gleaning Language Skils From the Middle Stone Age in Southern Africa, Christopher Stuart Henshilwood and Benoit Dubreuil 4. Red Ochre, Body Painting, and Language: Interpreting the Blombos Ochre, Ian Watts 5. Theoretical Underpinnings of Inferences About Languae Evolution: The Syntax Used at Blombos Cave, Rudolf Botha 6. Fossil Cues to the Evolution of Speech, W. Tecumseh Fitch 7. Evidence Against a Genetic-Based Revolution in Language 50,000 Years Ago, Karl C. Diller and Rebecca L. Cann 8. A 'Language-Free' Explanation for Differences Between the European Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Record, Wil Roebroeks and Alexander Verpoorte 9. The Importance of Archaeological Evidence for Investigating the Evolutionary Emergence of Language, Iain Davidson 10. Diversity if Languages, Genes, and the Language Faculty, James R. Hurford and Dan Dediu 11. How Varied Typologically are the Languages of Africa?, Michael Cysouw and Bernard Comrie 12. What Click Languages Can and Can't Tell us About Language Origins, Bonny Sands and Tom Guldemann 13. Social Origins: Sharing, Exchange, Kinship, Alan Barnard 14. As Well as Words: Congo Pygmy Hunting, Mimicry, and Play, Jerome Lewis 15. Sexual Selection Models for the Emergence of Symbolic Communication: Why They Should be Reversed, Camilla Power 16. Language, Ochre, and the Rule of Law, Chris Knight
9780199545858 (acidfree paper) 9780199545865
Language and languages--Origin. Historical linguistics--Africa. Anthropological linguistics--Africa. Sociolinguistics--Africa.