This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Klein, R. G. The Human Career (Chicago University Press, 1989).
Noble, W. & Davidson, I. Man 26, 223–254 (1991).
Cheney, D. L. & Seyfarth, R. M. How Monkeys See the World (Chicago University Press, 1990).
Lieberman, P. On the Origins of Language (Macmillan, New York, 1975).
Falk, D. Am. J. phys. Anthrop. 3, 123–132 (1975).
Mellars, P. & Stringer, C. (eds) The Human Revolution (Edinburgh University Press, 1989).
Wolpoff, M. H. in The Emergence of Modern Humans (ed. Trinkaus, E.) 97–141 (Cambridge University Press, 1989).
Foley, R. Antiquity 61, 390–392 (1987).
Ruhlen, M. A Guide to the World's Languages (Stanford University Press, 1987).
Renfrew, A. C. Cambridge archaeol. J. 1, 3–23 (1991).
Cavalli-Sforza, L. L., Piazza, A., Menozzi, P. & Mountain, J. Proc. natn. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 85, 6002–6006 (1988).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Foley, R. The silence of the past. Nature 353, 114–115 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/353114a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/353114a0
This article is cited by
-
Palaeolithic archaeology and the evolution of mind
Journal of Archaeological Research (1995)
-
Language gap
Nature (1992)