No Country for Oldowan Men: Emerging Factors in Language Evolution

Frontiers in Psychology

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Elliot Murphy¹ 

[1] Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, United Kingdom

关键词: domestication syndrome;    molecular clock;    genetic drift;    globularity;    language evolution;    basicranial angle;    birdsong;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01448

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Language evolution has long been researched. I will review a number of broad, emerging research directions which arguably have the potential to contribute to our understanding of language evolution. Emerging topics in genomics and neurolinguistics are explored, and human-specific levels of braincase globularity – and the broader process of self-domestication within which globularity seems capable of being encapsulated – will be argued to be the central pillars of any satisfactory and interdisciplinary model of language evolution.

【 授权许可】

CC BY