Why Possibly Language Evolved
Human language has no close parallels in other systems of animal communication. Yet it is an important part of the cultural adaptation that serves to make humans an exceedingly successful species. In the past 20 years, a diverse set of evolutionary scholars have tried to answer the question of how l...
Main Authors: | Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Biolinguistics
2010-09-01
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Series: | Biolinguistics |
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Online Access: | http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/159 |
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