Balari S, Benítez-Burraco A, Camps M, Longa VM, Lorenzo G, Uriagereka J. The archaeological record speaks: bridging anthropology and linguistics.
Int J Evol Biol 2011;
2011:382679. [PMID:
21716806 PMCID:
PMC3123707 DOI:
10.4061/2011/382679]
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Abstract
This paper examines the origins of language, as treated within Evolutionary Anthropology, under the light offered by a biolinguistic approach. This perspective is presented first. Next we discuss how genetic, anatomical, and archaeological data, which are traditionally taken as evidence for the presence of language, are circumstantial as such from this perspective. We conclude by discussing ways in which to address these central issues, in an attempt to develop a collaborative approach to them.
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