The Origins of Language Unraveling Evolutionary Forces /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Masataka, Nobuo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2008.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Zoology.; Psychology.; Life Sciences.; Psychology, general.

Developments in cognitive science indicate that human and nonhuman primates share a range of behavioral and physiological characteristics that speak to the issue of language origins. This volume has three major themes, woven throughout the chapters. First, it is argued that scientists in animal beha...