To every man his own language: Are we all Darwin’s children?
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Summary
The evidence in favor of natural selection that trigger growth and plasticity of the prefrontal cortex in humans and its links to the mirror neuron system is reviewed.
- Type
- preprint
- Published
- 2007-11-30
- Cited by
- 0
- References
- 168
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W1315647
- Semantic Scholar
- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:73661796
Keywords
Language evolution, Evolvability, Darwin (ADL), Natural selection, FOXP2
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