The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved runs 13.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kerry Hutchinson (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kerry Hutchinson
Kerry Hutchinson narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 132 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
2,468 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved is an audiobook by Steven Mithen: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Kerry Hutchinson, released June 18, 2024, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kerry Hutchinson
- Released
- June 18, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781668642764
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved as an audiobook?
The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved?
The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved is narrated by Kerry Hutchinson.
Is The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.6 hours.