Language and human evolution

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2017, Pages 204-221

  Klein, Richard G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological evidence for language; Bony evidence for speech; Language origins; Speech origins

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; BASICRANIAL FLEXION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; EAR; EVOLUTION; FOXP2 GENE; GENE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; HYPOGLOSSAL CANAL; LANGUAGE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 85006853570     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: 18738052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2016.11.004     Document Type: Review

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