Grooming, Gossip And The Evolution Of Language
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| Originally published | 1996 |
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| Authors | Robin Dunbar |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Subject | Origin of language |
| Country | United States |
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| ID | 2291541 |
About Grooming, Gossip And The Evolution Of Language
Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language is a 1996 book by Robin Dunbar, in which the author argues that language evolved from social grooming. He further suggests that a stage of this evolution was the telling of gossip, an argument supported by the observation that language is adapted for storytelling.