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Dogs Communicate, So Do Prairie Dogs – So?

It’s all in the spin, isn’t it? Chirping chipmunks – sorry, prairie dogs – knock down the “the last bastion encircling human exceptionalism." Read More ›
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New Book by Michael Denton, Fire-Maker, Is the Perfect Companion to Tom Wolfe’s Kingdom of Speech

Fire-making and spoken language are the two artifacts of human culture that, more than any other, have made civilization possible. Read More ›

Why Does Man Have Language?

Both humans and other animals use signs. Signs are things that direct attention to something else. Read More ›

Tom Wolfe on Language and Evolution

I think that Noam Chomsky is fundamentally right, and I am skeptical of Daniel Everett's claim. Read More ›

In The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe Tells the Story of Evolution’s Epic Tumble

Darwinian evolution explains biological trivia but stumbles when it comes to the major innovations in the long history of life. Read More ›

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