The Singing Neanderthals
The Origins of Music, Language, Mind and Body
$33.79
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2006
Summary
A fascinating and incisive examination of our language instinct from award-winning science writer Steven Mithen.
Along with the concepts of consciousness and intelligence, our capacity for language sits right at the core of what makes us human. But while the evolutionary origins of language have provoked speculation and impassioned debate, music has been neglected if not ignored. Like language it is a universal feature of human culture, one that is a permanent fixture…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753820513 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 075382051X |
| Author: | Prof Steven Mithen, Steven Mithen |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2006 |
| Weight: | 361g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 134mm x 30mm |
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Wonderfully evocative… a highly original view of our musical origins.
A detailed erudite exploration of the psychology and neurobiology of music, and the relationship between music and language … a genuine tour de force - unquestionably Mithen’s best book to date
In his extraordinary book, Steven Mithen uses anecdotes and a panoply of forensic evidence from linguistics, paleoanthropology, archaeology, psychology and neuroscience to present a new and controversial theory of the origins of language and music - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHMithen’s rich, dispassionate study of the origins of music, language and mime goes back to music-making among primates as the basis for understanding what role music might play in the human mind - EVENING STANDARDA long overdue book, which approaches human evolution from an intriguing as well as entertaining angle - TLSAbout The Author
Prof Steven Mithen
Steven Mithen is Professor of Early Prehistory and Head of the School of Human and Environmental Sciences at the University of Reading.
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