Chomsky's universal grammar postulates the existence of an innate circuitry in the brain intended to syntax. This brain acquisition represents a giant step from the simplest forms of communication to human speech. But how mankind came to acquire this ability? Was it something that came suddenly, like a deus ex machina?  This work combines Superbly the latest results of research in neurobiology, animal and human ethology, linguistics, communication theory and social semiotics to reconstruct an evolutionary framework that reconciles the theory of Chomsky with gradualism of Darwin. The authors argue that the intermediate steps needed to reach the human language must be fully understood in its own function and utility. The capacity of the syntax would be as the keystone in an arch, that collects and holds the whole architecture of various early forms of linguistic and protolinguistic communication, closely related to other practical skills, such as using tools for a specific purpose.  This work allows insight into the important investigations of William H. Calvin and revolutionary ideas linguist Derek Bickerton British, that has never before been reported in such a clear and accessible way. "Lingua ex Machina is the result of an exciting collaboration that seemed unlikely between two highly original thinkers? A linguist and a theoretical neurophysiologist? Who have dedicated their careers to reflect on the evolution of the human mind from these very different perspectives careers. ... The you are really interested in the origins of language and intelligence will not want to miss reading this animated tale full of bright ideas ".  Terrence W. Deacon, Boston University, author of The Symbolic Species