Language as a coordination tool evolves slowly
Social living ultimately depends on coordination between group members, and communication is necessary to make this possible. We suggest that this might have been the key selection pressure acting on the evolution of language in humans and use a behavioural coordination model to explore the impact o...
Main Authors: | Tamas David-Barrett, Robin I. M. Dunbar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2016-01-01
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Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.160259 |
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