Language did not spring forth 100,000 years ago

Philip Lieberman

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002064

Language did not spring forth 100,000 years ago

PLoS Biol. 2015 Feb 13;13(2):e1002064. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002064. eCollection 2015 Feb.

Author

Philip Lieberman¹

Affiliation

¹ Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.

Abstract

In response to an Essay by Johan Bolhuis and co-authors, Phillip Lieberman contends that rather than arising from a key recent innovation ("merge"), language arose by gradual evolution of ancient capabilities.

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MeSH terms

Biological Evolution*
Humans
Language*

Grants and funding

The author received no specific funding for this work.