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The Talking Ape
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Michigan, USA (Michigan Daily): If there’s one thing that sets man apart from all other creatures, it’s our extraordinary use of language. No other animal shares the unique capacity for written word or refined speech, not even our closest primate relatives. To understand how the world has developed since man’s beginnings, language provides an ambiguous but intriguing starting point.
Robbins Burling, professor emeritus of anthropology and linguistics at Michigan University, explores language and its origins in his book “The Talking Ape.”
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