The immune syntax revisited: Opening new windows on language evolution

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN2016, 2016, Pages

  Benítez Burraco, Antonio ^a   Uriagereka, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Externalization; Globularity; HGT; Immune system; Language evolution; Microbiome; Skull

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LANGUAGE; MICROFLORA; MUTATION; PROGENY; SPECIES;

EID: 84957900560     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2015.00084     Document Type: Article

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