Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences· 1996-01-01· other· 2,213 citationsclosed

Language and cultural evolution Primate Behavior and Ecology Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Abstract

1. Talking Heads 2. Into The Social Whirl 3. The Importance Of Being Earnest 4. Of Brains and Groups and Evolution 5. The Ghost in the Machine 6. Up Through the Mists of Time 7. First Words 8. Babel's Legacy 9. The Little Rituals of Life 10. The Scars of Evolution Bibliography Index

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Robin Dunbar (1996). Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences.

@article{robin1996grooming,
  title  = {Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language},
  author = {Dunbar, Robin},
  year   = {1996},
  journal = {Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences}
}

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