Review essay: Niche Construction and the Evolution of Language: Was Territory scavenging the One Key Factor? Review Essay for Derek Bickerton (2009), Adam’s Tongue. How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans. New York: Hill & Wang

Arbib, Michael A.

doi:10.1075/is.12.1.07arb

Article published In: Interaction Studies
Vol. 12:1 (2011) ► pp.162–193

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Review essay: Niche Construction and the Evolution of Language: Was Territory scavenging the One Key Factor? Review Essay for Derek Bickerton (2009), Adam’s Tongue. How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans. New York: Hill & Wang

Michael A. Arbib

Published online: 4 April 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/is.12.1.07arb

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