Written in Stone: A Journey Through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language

Half the world's population speaks a language that has evolved from a single, prehistoric mother tongue. First spoken in Stone Age times, on the steppes of central Eurasia 6,500 years ago, this mother tongue spread from the shores of the Black Sea across almost all of Europe and much of Asia. It is the genetic basis of everything we speak and write today-the DNA of language.



Written in Stone combines detective work, mythology, ancient history, archaeology, the roots of society, technology an...