The Symbolic Species (published 1997) is a book by anthropologist Terrence Deacon. It attempts to unravel the evolution of language and symbolic thought and to explain why language is unique to humans. The Symbolic Species is a multi-disclipinary book that at the time of publishing was seen as groundbreaking. It is considered to have bound together a wide array of ideas in a way that advanced the understanding of professionals in several fields.

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  • 0-393-03838-6
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  • The Symbolic Species (published 1997) is a book by anthropologist Terrence Deacon. It attempts to unravel the evolution of language and symbolic thought and to explain why language is unique to humans. The Symbolic Species is a multi-disclipinary book that at the time of publishing was seen as groundbreaking. It is considered to have bound together a wide array of ideas in a way that advanced the understanding of professionals in several fields.
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  • Terrence W. Deacon
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  • United States of America
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  • March 2007
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  • Science
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  • 0-393-03838-6
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  • American English
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  • The Symbolic Species: The co-evolution of language and the human brain.
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  • W.W. Norton & Co
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  • 1997 (xsd:integer)
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  • Language, Co-evolution, Symbolic representation, Human evolution, Genesis of language, Cognition
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  • The Symbolic Species (published 1997) is a book by anthropologist Terrence Deacon. It attempts to unravel the evolution of language and symbolic thought and to explain why language is unique to humans. The Symbolic Species is a multi-disclipinary book that at the time of publishing was seen as groundbreaking. It is considered to have bound together a wide array of ideas in a way that advanced the understanding of professionals in several fields.
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