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The riddle of speech
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201847618
Subject(s) - biology , linguistics , philosophy
The evolution of language, which is unique to humans, has been a riddle for scholars. Molecular biologists are now putting together a genetic theory of how speech and language developed.