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“Origin of language” books investigate how, when, and why human language emerged, and what biological, cognitive, social, and cultural forces shaped it. Drawing on linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, cognitive science, evolutionary biology, genetics, and neuroscience, they weigh evidence from fossils and artifacts to primate communication, child development, and computational models. Common topics include the evolution of speech and gesture, the rise of grammar and symbolic thought, the co-evolution of language and the brain, and debates such as continuity versus sudden emergence, gesture-first versus vocal-first, and single versus multiple origins. The category spans rigorous academic studies and accessible popular science, often comparing competing hypotheses and the methods used to test them.

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