Towards an evolutionary theory of language
- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- opinion
- Published by Elsevier in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Vol. 5 (7) , 288-295
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1364-6613(00)01683-1
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