Is preadaptation for language a necessary assumption?

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Language and cultural evolution Language Development and Disorders Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

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Abstract Preadaptation for language is an unnecessary assumption because intermediate stages of linguistic ability are possible and adaptive. Language could have evolved through gradual selection from structures exhibiting few features associated with modern structures. Without physical evidence pertaining to language ability in prehabilis hominids, it remains possible that selective pressures for language use preceded and necessitated modern neurolinguistic structures.

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