The Evolution of Communication (Bradford Books)

By Marc Hauser

Book Overview

Bound to become a classic and to stimulate debate and research, The Evolution of Communication looks at species in their natural environments as a way to begin to understand what the real units of analysis of communicating systems are, using arguments about design and function to illuminate both the origin and subsequent evolution of each system. It lights the way for a research program that seriously addresses the problem of how communication systems, including language, have been designed over the course of evolution.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262581558
• ISBN13: 9780262581554
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Bradford Books
• Length: 776 Pages
• Weight: 3.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 2.0" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

EOC -- Brings Animal Cognition to the forefront.

The Evolution of Communication gives a distintive opinion of evolutionary psychology, animal cognition, and cognitive neuroscience. Easy to read and understand, many of the hypotheses and comments of Marc Hauser are now being applied to larger academic issues, such as the "concept acquisition" problem in philosophy. The strengths of this book lie in its overarching predictions, and the supplemental and thorough examples.