The origin of speech and language is arguably the most important transition in the evolution of modern humans. In a recent issue of TREE, Számadó and Szathmáry [1] review hypotheses for the potential selective pressures involved in the origin of language, with a ‘top-down ’ conceptual approach focused on the compatibility of the hypotheses with game theory models, and the development of useful criteria for judging among alternative historical narratives. However, there is an alternative framework for analyzing the origin of language, based on the analysis of the evolutionary-genetic and neurological changes that were concomitant to modern human origins. This framework is grounded in the mirror-neuron system of humans and related primates, w...
International audienceHuman language is by far the most elaborated communication system, but talking...
The article reconstructs the main lines of three hypotheses in the current literature concerning the...
International audienceHuman language is by far the most elaborated communication system, but talking...
The origins and evolution of language and speech, and the processes governing language change repres...
The origins and evolution of language and speech, and the processes governing language change repres...
For many years the evolution of language has been seen as a disreputable topic, mired in fanciful &q...
This paper discusses the role of linguistics in studying human evolution. In the preamble on major s...
This article approaches what is considered to be a linguistic enigma with an interdisciplinary scien...
Contains fulltext : 165976.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)The post-genomi...
The article reconstructs the main lines of three hypotheses in the current literature concerning the...
The article reconstructs the main lines of three hypotheses in the current literature concerning the...
The study of the origins of language has been the interest of several ungrounded debates which have ...
The article analyzes the neural and functional grounding of language skills as well as their emergen...
International audienceHuman language is by far the most elaborated communication system, but talking...
The post-genomic era is an exciting time for researchers interested in the biology of speech and lan...
International audienceHuman language is by far the most elaborated communication system, but talking...
The article reconstructs the main lines of three hypotheses in the current literature concerning the...
International audienceHuman language is by far the most elaborated communication system, but talking...
The origins and evolution of language and speech, and the processes governing language change repres...
The origins and evolution of language and speech, and the processes governing language change repres...
For many years the evolution of language has been seen as a disreputable topic, mired in fanciful &q...
This paper discusses the role of linguistics in studying human evolution. In the preamble on major s...
This article approaches what is considered to be a linguistic enigma with an interdisciplinary scien...
Contains fulltext : 165976.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)The post-genomi...
The article reconstructs the main lines of three hypotheses in the current literature concerning the...
The article reconstructs the main lines of three hypotheses in the current literature concerning the...
The study of the origins of language has been the interest of several ungrounded debates which have ...
The article analyzes the neural and functional grounding of language skills as well as their emergen...
International audienceHuman language is by far the most elaborated communication system, but talking...
The post-genomic era is an exciting time for researchers interested in the biology of speech and lan...
International audienceHuman language is by far the most elaborated communication system, but talking...
The article reconstructs the main lines of three hypotheses in the current literature concerning the...
International audienceHuman language is by far the most elaborated communication system, but talking...