Why only humans have language

This chapter has three main objectives. First, it briefly summarizes the reasons why language might have evolved, and what we are to make of these. It then considers what this has to tell us about why only the hominin lineage evolved the capacity for language. Finally, it revisits the author's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dunbar, R
Format: Book section
Published: Oxford University Press 2010