# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Revolutionary Origins of Language
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Anthropologists Chris Knight and Jerome Lewis talk about their forthcoming book The Revolutionary Origins of LanguageAbout this EventChris Knight and Jerome Lewis explain why language and society are fundamental to the emergence of humans as a species, or the 'human revolution' as they call it. Drawing on primatology, linguistics, evolutionary theory, biological and social anthropology, in particular of existing central African hunter-gatherer societies, their forthcoming book ‘The Revolutionary Origins of Language’ (Yale UP, for 2026) shows how fundamental to language emergence was early human societies' unique cooperative childcare, ritualized practices and egalitarian politics. They argue language emerged not just for practical communication but through dramatic, shared cultural performances (like "sex strikes" or political theatre), fostering deep trust and symbolic understanding, a shift from primate dominance to shared humanity.Chris Knight is the founder of the Radical Anthropology Group and author of Blood Relations: Menstruation and the origins of culture (1991). Jerome Lewis lectures in Social Anthropology at University College London.Chris and Jerome will speakLIVE in Daryll Forde Room, 230, 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, London WC1H 0BWZOOM ID 952 8554 1412 passcode WawilakInvite link https://ucl.zoom.us/j/95285541412?pwd=LjI5yIagplvPmFXVwSnLbDbV1xUiep.1
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/the-revolutionary-origins-of-language/100001979650651389
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, fine-arts, literary-art, performances, entertainment
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## Event venue details

- **city**: London
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: UCL Anthropology
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- **long**: -0.1315831
- **full address**: UCL Anthropology, 14 Taviton Street, London, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Revolutionary Origins of Language being held?
  - **A:** The Revolutionary Origins of Language takes place on Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm at UCL Anthropology, 14 Taviton Street, London, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Revolutionary Origins of Language?
  - **A:** The Revolutionary Origins of Language is organized by Camilla Power.

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