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Robin Dunbar, Grooming, gossip, and the evolution of language. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. Pp.230. Hb $22.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2012

Robin M. Queen
Robin M. Queen
Affiliation:
English, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44212-0001, rqueen@kent.edu
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Language in Society , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 252 - 257
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