Open AccessLanguage Did Not Spring Forth 100,000 Years Ago
Author(s) -
Philip Lieberman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002064
Subject(s) - biology , merge (version control) , spring (device) , evolutionary biology , linguistics , environmental ethics , genealogy , history , computer science , philosophy , engineering , information retrieval , mechanical engineering
In response to an Essay by Johan Bolhuis and co-authors, Phillip Lieberman contends that rather than arising from a key recent innovation ("merge"), language arose by gradual evolution of ancient capabilities.
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