Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1469-1825|19|1|155-156
ISSN： 0140-525x
Source： Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol.19, Iss.1, 1996-03, pp. : 155-156
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Abstract
The driving force in the evolution of language and the human mind was the advantage gained in courtship by efficient communicators. Ontogeny recapitulating phylogeny may offer an alternative to Donald's picture of the relative origins of language and mimesis. Very recent evidence is pertinent to dating the origin of language.
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