This book is just a massive "fuck you" to Noam Chomsky and to the proposition that speech & language are intrinsic evolved biological constructs rather than an artifact developed and honed by humans. And wow is the author fantastically ticked off about the whole situation — with zero hesitation about telling us what he thinks.

I think it's an utterly meaningless debate. Language is a technology, for sure. It requires certain biology to use, and a perhaps not-identical biology to develop. It's been around a while, and clearly makes up part of humanity's epigenetic profile of adaptation and fitness. I want to say that this makes for a pointless book, but the core thesis is, as discussed, "fuck Noam Chomsky in particular", and that's a message I can get behind.