The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans by Stanley I. Greenspan, Stuart G. Shanker

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The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans

Stanley I. Greenspan, Stuart G. Shanker

504 pages • paperback • first pub 2004 • 2 editions

nonfiction history psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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In this highly original work, one of the world's most distinguished child psychiatrists together with a philosopher at the forefront of ape and child language research present a startling hypothesis-that the development of our higher-level symboli...