The relevance of the unique anatomy of the human prefrontal operculum to the emergence of speech

The relevance of the unique anatomy of the human prefrontal operculum to the emergence of speech

Abstract Identifying the evolutionary origins of human speech remains a topic of intense scientific interest. Here we describe a unique feature of adult human neuroanatomy compared to chimpanzees and other primates that may provide an explanation of changes that occurred to enable the capacity for s...

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Main Authors: Céline Amiez, Charles Verstraete, Jérôme Sallet, Fadila Hadj-Bouziane, Suliann Ben Hamed, Adrien Meguerditchian, Emmanuel Procyk, Charles R. E. Wilson, Michael Petrides, Chet C. Sherwood, William D. Hopkins
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05066-9

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05066-9

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