Selective scenarios for the emergence of natural language

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 555-561

  Számadó, Szabolcs ^a   Szathmáry, Eörs ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c PARMENIDES FOUNDATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANGUAGE;

EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33748604757     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2006.06.021     Document Type: Review

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