Contents
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Foreword to the Paperback Edition		vii
Preface		xi
Chapter 1	What Is Recursion?	1
PART 1	Language	17
Chapter 2	Language and Recursion	19
Chapter 3	Do Animals Have Language?	36
Chapter 4	How Language Evolved from Hand to Mouth	55
PART 2	Mental Time Travel	81
Chapter 5	Reliving the Past	83
Chapter 6	About Time	100
Chapter 7	The Grammar of Time	112
PART 3	Theory of Mind	129
Chapter 8	Mind Reading	131
Chapter 9	Language and Mind	151
PART 4	Human Evolution	167
Chapter 10	The Recurring Question	169
Chapter 11	Becoming Human	181
Chapter 12	Becoming Modern	208
Chapter 13	Final Thoughts	221
Notes		227
References		253
Index		281