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Lameira, Adriano R., Maddieson, Ian and Zuberbuehler, Klaus (2014) Primate feedstock for the evolution of consonants. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 18 (2). pp. 60-62. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2013.10.013
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2013.10.013
Abstract
The evolution of speech remains an elusive scientific problem. A widespread notion is that vocal learning, underlined by vocal-fold control, is a key prerequisite for speech evolution. Although present in birds and non-primate mammals, vocal learning is ostensibly absent in non-human primates. Here we argue that the main road to speech evolution has been through controlling the supralaryngeal vocal tract, for which we find evidence for evolutionary continuity within the great apes.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QL Zoology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Psychology | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Trends in Cognitive Sciences | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1364-6613 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 February 2014 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | 18 | ||||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 60-62 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tics.2013.10.013 | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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