The gestural origins of language: Human language may have evolved from manual gestures, which survive today as a "behavioral fossil" coupled to speech

American Scientist

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 138-145

  Corballis, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0000998694     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/1999.2.138     Document Type: Article

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