by Christine Kenneally BH | Jun 21, 2009 | Evolution, First human..., Food and Drink, Men, women & language, Prehistoric humans
I Cook, Therefore I Am. How dropping food in fire made us human. Slate
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jun 21, 2009 | Co-operation, Evolution, First human..., Men, women & language, Motherese, Prehistoric humans
WHY is it that 20th-century physicists could ask some of the most grandiose questions in science, but if a researcher wondered aloud where language came from, the response was derisive at best. Not only can you not answer the question, they were told, you...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Oct 16, 2007 | Men, women & language
A great review of Deborah Cameron’s new book, "The Myth of Mars and Venus." From the reviewer, Susannah Herbert:[Cameron] cites the slew of news reports last year claiming that women on average utter 20,000 words a day, while men on average manage only...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 8, 2007 | Men, women & language
It’s been long believed that an uncontroversial difference between men and women is how much they talk: women say many more words in a day than men, and they do it by a huge margin. This nugget crops up all over the place, from gender studies to...
