How did vocal communication come to dominate human language? A view from the womb.

Whether human language evolved via a gestural or a vocal route remains an unresolved and contentious issue. Given the existence of two preconditions-a "language faculty" and the capacity for imitative learning both vocally and manually-there is no compelling evidence for gesture being inhe...

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Main Authors: Alexis Hervais-Adelman, Simon W Townsend
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003141
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