The evolution of language

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1156, Issue , 2009, Pages 19-43

  Corballis, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evolution; FOXP2; Gesture; Language; Mirror neurons

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; EPISODIC MEMORY; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GENUS; GESTURE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PERCEPTION;

PRIMATES;

EID: 63449137098     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04423.x     Document Type: Article

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