An examination of our language instinct. Steven Mithen draws on a huge range of sources, from neurological case studies, through child psychology and the commun

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As an archaeologist, Steven Mithen has worked on the Hebridean island of Islay over a period of many years. In this book he introduces the sites and monuments a

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Argues that Neanderthal skeletons are the remains of post flood very old biblical patriarchs.