Contributors
- Leslie C. Aiello
- Peter Marler
- Alex Martin
- Robert D. Martin
- Paul A. Mellars
- Steven Pinker
- Johanna Nichols
- Colin Renfrew
Contents
Chapter 1: Animal Communication and Human Language
Peter Marler
Chapter 2: The Foundations of Human Language
Leslie C. Aiello
Chapter 3: Comparative Aspects of Human Brain Evolution: Scaling, Energy Costs and Confounding Variables
Robert D. Martin
Chapter 4: Organization of Semantic Knowledge and the Origin of Words in the Brain
Alex Martin
Chapter 5: Neanderthals, Modern Humans and the Archeological Evidence for Language
Paul A. Mellars
Chapter 6: The Evolution of Human Language Faculty
Steven Pinker
Chapter 7: The Origin and Dispersal of Languages: Linguistic Evidence
Johanna Nichols
Chapter 8: The Origins of World Linguistic Diversity: An Archeological Perspective
Colin Renfrew
Suggested Citation: JABLONSKI, NINA G. AND LESLIE C. AIELLO (eds.). 1998. The Origin and Diversification of Language. San Francisco, CA: California Academy of Sciences. 200 pp.