The Origins of Language, and How It Shaped Our World

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The brilliance of science journalist Laura Spinney’s writing is that she uses the story of Proto-Indo-European, and its daughter languages, as a vehicle to uncover the turbulent history of the late Stone Age and the Bronze Age that succeeded it, Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The Tyee. Published June 13, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/06/13/Origins-Language-Shaped-Our-World/

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