Paleontological approaches to the evolution of language: The state of the art;Approche paléontologique de l'évolution du langage : un état des lieux

Anthropologie

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 255-264

  Martínez, Ignacio ^a,b   Quam, Rolf ^b,c   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^b,d   Lorenzo, Carlos ^b,e   Gràcia, Ana ^b   Carretero, José Miguel ^b,f   Rosa, Manuel ^a   Jarabo, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Auditory capacities; Language; Middle ear; Primates; SVT

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOLOGY; ART; FOSSIL RECORD; LANGUAGE; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE;

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 64549121957     PISSN: 00035521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anthro.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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