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Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
Grooming Gossip and the Evolution of Language
Author: Robin Dunbar, R. I. M. Dunbar
What a big brain we have for all the small talk we make. It's an evolutionary riddle that at long last makes sense in this intriguing book about what gossip has done for our talkative species. Psychologist Robin Dunbar looks at gossip as an instrument of social order and cohesion--much like the endless grooming with which our primate cousins...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674363342
ISBN-10: 0674363345
Publication Date: 3/10/1997
Pages: 230
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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