Communication: Where Evolutionary Linguistics Went Wrong

Biological Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-239

  Balari, Sergio ^a   Lorenzo, Guillermo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

communication; evolution of language; functions of organic structures; homology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014024680     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/BIOT_a_00049     Document Type: Article

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