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 | The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain (97th Edition) by Terrence William Deacon, Tw Deacon Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 1998 ISBN-10: 0-393-31754-4 / 0393317544 ISBN-13: 978-0-393-31754-1 / 9780393317541 Terrence Deacon's The Symbolic Species begins with a question posed by a 7-year-old child: Why can't animals talk? Or, as Deacon puts it, if animals have simpler brains, why can't they develop a simpler form of language to go with them? Thus begins the basic line of inquiry for this breathtaking | |