TY - BOOK AU - McNeill,David TI - How language began: gesture and speech in human evolution SN - 9781107605497 (paperback : alkaline paper) AV - P116 .M455 2012 U1 - 401 MCN 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Language and languages KW - Origin KW - Speech and gesture N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-256) and index; Introduction: Gesture and the origin of language -- What evolved (in part): The Growth Point -- How it evolved (in part): Mead's Loop -- Effects of Mead's Loop -- Ontogenesis in evolution, evolution in ontogenesis -- Alternatives, their limits, and the science base of the growth point ER -