Harnessed : how language and music mimicked nature and transformed ape to man /

"The scientific consensus is that our ability to understand human speech has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years. After all, there are whole portions of the brain devoted to human speech. We learn to understand speech before we can even walk, and can seamlessly absorb enormous amounts o...

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Main Author:	Changizi, Mark A.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Dallas, Tex. : BenBella Books ; [2011]
Subjects:	Human evolution. Language and languages > Origin. Language acquisition. Cognition. Music and language. Musical perception. Music > Philosophy and aesthetics. Music > Psychological aspects. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Developmental Biology.