The hypoglossal canal and the origin of human vocal behavior

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 5417-5419

  Kay, Richard F ^a   Cartmill, Matt ^a   Balow, Michelle ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Homo; Human evolution; Language evolution; Pan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LANGUAGE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LANGUAGE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SKULL; SPEECH; TONGUE;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMINIDAE; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032574734     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.9.5417     Document Type: Article

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