Cost and complexity: Selection for speech and language

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 640-652

  Locke, John L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Handicap principle; Language; Speech

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HOMINID; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; ECOLOGY; FAMILY; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 41049114144     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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