Special Episode: Professor Steven Mithen & The Language Puzzle - This Podcast Will Kill You

<p>From the earliest grunts and gestures to the complex sentences we use today to convey a multitude of concepts, language has evolved to become one of humanity’s most powerful tools. It allows us to connect, create, conspire, control, console, catch up, and so much more. How did we come to have this uniquely human trait? What anatomical changes or cultural developments were necessary for language to evolve? What differentiates language from communication? In this TPWKY book club episode, <a href="https://www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/steven-mithen" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/steven-mithen&source=gmail&ust=1749749407388000&usg=AOvVaw3HeGn0E4WJwKRscm2Qk3yh">Professor Steven Mithen</a> joins us to discuss his latest book <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/3175/9781541605381" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bookshop.org/a/3175/9781541605381&source=gmail&am...