Neo-Darwinian accounts of the evolution of language: 2. Questions about complex design

Language and Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-340

  Botha, Rudolf P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 21944454708     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5309(97)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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