The Origin of Language

The study of the origin of human language, or glottogenesis, resembles a detective story: there are too many versions and pieces of evidence that must be collected grain by grain. Moreover, these grains come from different sciences: anthropology, neurophysiology, ethology, archaeology, genetics, and of course, linguistics.
In the book "The Origin of Language: Facts, Research, Hypotheses," linguist, Doctor of Philological Sciences Svetlana Burlak has gathered data from all these sciences, explained them in simple terms, and proposed her hypothesis about the origin of language.
This is already the second, revised edition of the book. Ten years have passed since the release of the first edition. During this time, dozens of discoveries have been made in glottogenesis, and the question of the origin of language has become one of the trendiest areas of science. The new edition takes into account the latest scientific data, a new chapter has been added, and the other chapters have been significantly expanded.
Why read:
• Were only representatives of Homo sapiens able to speak?
• Why did ancient people need articulate speech?
• How are animal communication systems similar to human ones?
• How does grammar work and how do we acquire it?
• Why do speakers of different languages have different brain structures?
• Was human language originally unified, or did several proto-languages arise independently at different ends of the planet?