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Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language

Prof. Robin Dunbar

What a big brain we have for all the small talk we make. It's an evolutionary riddle that at long last makes sense in this intriguing book about what gossip has done for our talkative species. Psychologist Robin Dunbar looks at gossip as an instrument of social order and cohesion--much like the endl...

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This was noted as the speaker's first book, published around 25 years prior, and it was still widely available.

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My first book it's a lot of people still like actually is grooming gossip in the evolution of language which was published heavens 25 years ago almost another world away

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This was noted as the speaker's first book, published around 25 years prior, and it was still widely available.

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My first book it's a lot of people still like actually is grooming gossip in the evolution of language which was published heavens 25 years ago almost another world away

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