The origins of language and the evolution of music: A comparative perspective

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-22

  Masataka, Nobuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Language; Music; Primates

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MAMMALS; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

COMPARATIVE DATUM; CULTURAL TRANSMISSIONS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGISTS; EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY; HUMAN INFANTS; INTERMEDIATE STAGES; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ACQUISITIONS; MODERN LANGUAGES; MUSIC; NON-HUMAN PRIMATES; PHRASE STRUCTURES; PRIMATES; PROTOLANGUAGE; YOUNG CHILDREN;

LINGUISTICS;

PRIMATES;

EID: 59049087337     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2008.08.003     Document Type: Review

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