230 Pages
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Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this work, originally published in Dutch, Rik Smits theorizes that language could not have developed originally as a system of communication. It is, instead, the result of combining separate abilities, each of which developed independently to aid the survival of early humans. Lacking strength and speed, man relies on wisdom for survival. Smits theorizes that human skills in calculation and... Read more
Prologue
1 Night
2 The Animal inside Us
3 Goodbye to the Animal Kingdom
4 Phantom Limbs and Figments of the Mind
5 Shamans in the Shadows
6 Voices on the Plains
7 Dawn
Epilogue
Bibliography
Biography
Rik Smits
