McNeill, David,  1933- <br/><br/>
How language began :  gesture and speech in human evolution / 
David McNeill. 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2012. 
 - xiv, 264 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm. 
 - Approaches to the evolution of language. .
 - Approaches to the evolution of language. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references : (pages 236-256) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Gesture and the origin of language -- What evolved (in part): The Growth Point -- How it evolved (in part): Mead's Loop -- Effects of Mead's Loop -- Ontogenesis in evolution, evolution in ontogenesis -- Alternatives, their limits, and the science base of the growth point. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107021211 (hardback : alkaline paper)  RM307.52 1107021219 (hardback : alkaline paper) 9781107605497 (paperback : alkaline paper) 1107605490 (paperback : alkaline paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language and languages--Origin.<br/>Speech and gesture.