Description: How Language Began revolutionizes our understanding of the one tool that has allowed us to become the "lords of the planet."
Brief description: Daniel L. Everett is the Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University. He has published over 100 articles and twelve books on linguistic theory, including The Dark Matter of the Mind: The Culturally Articulated Unconscious. He lives in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Review Quotes: Very few books on the biological and cultural origin of humanity can be ranked as classics. I believe that Daniel L. Everett's How Language Began will be one of them.--Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University