The evolution of human speech: The role of enhanced breathing control

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-363

  MacLarnon, Ann M ^a   Hewitt, Gwen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Intercostal; Primate vocalizations; Spinal cord; Vertebral canal

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LINGUISTICS; NONHUMAN; PITCH; PRIMATE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RUNNING; SPEECH; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; RESPIRATION; SPEECH; THORAX;

EID: 0032992619     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199907)109:3<341::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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