Introduction

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Language and archaeology
5. From the origin of language to the diversification of languages 13
6. Early diffusion of domestic bovids in Europe 69
7. Language and genes
8. Linguistic, cultural and genetic perspectives on human diversity in west-central Africa 93
9. The Berber and the Berbers 123
10. East meets West 147
11. Genetic and linguistic diversity in Central Asia 163
12. Genetic and linguistic borders in the Himalayan Region 181
13. Language acquisition and language universals
14. From babbling to first words in four languages 205
15. Language and animal communication
16. The primate roots of human language 235
17. Language evolution and computer modeling
18. Can agent-based language evolution contribute to archeology? 267
19. Index 287