Download or read book The Evolution of Communication written by Marc D. Hauser and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text addresses the problem of how communication systems, including language, have been designed over the course of evolution. It integrates conceptual issues and empirical results from neurobiology, cognitive and developmental psychology, linguistics, evolutionary biology, and ethology.