Survival of the Smallest

IF OUR ANCIENT PRE-HUMAN ANCESTORS COMMUNICATED THROUGH CALLS WHAT HAPPENED TO TURN THESE INTO SPOKEN LANGUAGE?<p>Survival of the Smallest is the story of what was behind this amazing achievement and who was the driving force.<p>Beginning with a species living 3.5 million years ago and ending with our own Homo sapiens 45 thousand years ago Wendy Turner brings to life the day-to-day challenges which confronted our ancestors - and the pressures on their survival skills.<p>At the heart of the process were their vulnerable young making their own bid to survive.<p>Using knowledge and experience gained over twenty years of working as a Speech and Language Therapist she shows how species by species adaptations arose in their communication systems. <p>Informative and readable Survival of the Smallest is referenced from a range of sources offering a personal perspective on how spoken language evolved.<p>Along the way insights can be found into the kind of approaches that help today's children develop their own speech and language - a priceless gift from our ancient past.