Christine Kenneally is the author of The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language. Her writings can be found on the blog www.christinekenneally.com.

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Richard C. Francis’ Epigenetics: How a new field has changed the way we think about genes.
Christine Kenneally
June 20, 2011 9:52 AM
Book of the Week: “Piano Lessons” by Anna Goldsworthy
Christine Kenneally
Dec 03, 2010 3:35 PM
Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks.
Christine Kenneally
April 12, 2010 7:05 AM
Frans de Waal’s The Age of Empathy.
Christine Kenneally
Oct 05, 2009 7:03 AM
Richard Wrangham’s Catching Fire. 
Christine Kenneally
June 03, 2009 10:50 AM
Ant civilization in The Superorganism.
Christine Kenneally
Dec 01, 2008 10:44 AM
Lots of books about English.
Christine Kenneally
Oct 13, 2008 7:32 AM
Lots of books about English.
Christine Kenneally
Oct 13, 2008 7:32 AM
Joshua Kendall’s The Man Who Made Lists.
Christine Kenneally
April 07, 2008 7:39 AM
What Slate’s reading this month.
June Thomas, Michael Agger, Reza Aslan, Tyler Cowen, Daniel Gross, Christine Kenneally, and Jess Row
March 17, 2008 12:11 PM
Slate’s winter reading.
Paul Berman, June Thomas, Tyler Cowen, Amanda Fortini, Melinda Henneberger, Christine Kenneally, Megan Marshall, Troy Patterson, Jess Row, Amanda Schaffer, Laura Shapiro, and Stephanie Burt
Feb 01, 2008 7:29 AM
Steven Pinker’s The Stuff of Thought.
Christine Kenneally
Oct 17, 2007 11:37 AM
How did animals survive the tsunami?
Christine Kenneally
Dec 30, 2004 5:47 PM
A new study shows that being risk-averse may shorten your life.
Christine Kenneally
Jan 12, 2004 2:01 PM
How do you authenticate a sound recording?
Christine Kenneally
Nov 15, 2002 4:57 PM