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Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language (1st Edition) by Prof. Robin Dunbar Paperback, 242 Pages, Published 1998 ISBN-10: 0-674-36336-1 / 0674363361 ISBN-13: 978-0-674-36336-6 / 9780674363366 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 end |