Grooming, gossip and the evolution of language
Dunbar, Robin1996
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Total copies: 1
Here, the author examines gossip as a form of 'verbal grooming', and as a means of strengthening relationships. He challenges the idea that language developed during male activities such as hunting, and that it was actually amongst women that it evolved.
Main title:
Grooming, gossip and the evolution of language / Robin Dunbar.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Faber, 1996.
Collation:
230p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-218) and index.
ISBN:
9780571173969 (hbk)
Dewey class:
306.4409
Local class:
306.44Du(969)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1875211