Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Evolution and history
- 2 Evidence for evolution
- 3 The comparative methods
- 4 Who, where and when?
- 5 The vocal tract
- 6 Language and the brain
- 7 Language and genes
- 8 Big bang or cumulative creep? Saltation versus gradual, adaptive evolution
- 9 From protolanguage to language
- Bibliography
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Evolution and history
- 2 Evidence for evolution
- 3 The comparative methods
- 4 Who, where and when?
- 5 The vocal tract
- 6 Language and the brain
- 7 Language and genes
- 8 Big bang or cumulative creep? Saltation versus gradual, adaptive evolution
- 9 From protolanguage to language
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Evolutionary Linguistics , pp. 302 - 309Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012