The Oxford handbook of human symbolic evolution / edited by Nathalie Gontier, Andy Lock, and Chris Sinha.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gontier, Nathalie, editor.

Lock, Andrew, editor.

Sinha, Chris, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Signs and symbols.

Communication--History.

Communication.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Monthly

Other Title:

Human symbolic evolution

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2021-

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online.

Contents:

Gesture is an intrinsic part of modern-day human communication and may always have been so / Susan Goldin-Meadow

The Symbolic Revolution: A sexual conflict model / Camilla Power, Ian Watts, Chris Knight

Behavioral modernity, evolutionary synergies and the symbolic species / Ana Majkić

Animal signals and symbolism / Ulrike Griebel, D. Kimbrough Oller

Kanzi or can't he? Animal language projects / Heidi Lyn

The Evolution of Language and Speech: What We Know from Genetics / Antonio Benítez-Burraco, Dan Dediu

The Narrative Origins of Language / Francesco Ferretti

The evolution of writing systems: An Introduction / Alex de Voogt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 4, 2021).

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Print version :

ISBN:

9780191851759

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.