The Origin of Language - Beekman, Madeleine
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In this origin story of humanity, scientific expert Madeleine Beekman makes the case that human language evolved to solve an existential problem for our ancestors: caring for extremely premature infants.

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In this origin story of humanity, scientific expert Madeleine Beekman makes the case that human language evolved to solve an existential problem for our ancestors: caring for extremely premature infants.
Autorenporträt
Madeleine Beekman is professor of evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology emerita at the University of Sydney, Australia, Editor-in-Chief of Insectes Sociaux, and board member of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences. Madeleine Beekman lives in Australia’s northern tropical rainforest with her husband where she can observe cassowaries from her office. She has two adult daughters.
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'A rigorous examination of the evolution of human communication. Compelling, thought provoking and hugely entertaining. I learned even as I laughed.' Ashley Ward, biologist and author of The Social Lives of Animals and Sensational
'Plenty of theories have been tossed into the evidentiary void . . . mainly by men, but now evolutionary biologist Madeleine Beekman, of the University of Sydney, has turned her female gaze on the problem . . . Her theory, which she describes as having been hiding in plain sight, is compelling . . . exciting . . . thought-provoking . . . a persuasive case'
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