How language changed the genes: toward an explicit account of the evolution of language

Abstract

This paper represents an attempt to construct a programmatic framework for the evolution of human language. The theory we suggest is interdisciplinary in its essence. It is based on what we believe are noteworthy recent advances in linguistics and evolutionary biology. The theory aims to resolve three fundamental paradoxes frequently encountered in the burgeoning literature on language evolution. These paradoxes leave many of the traditional conceptions of language evolution at a theoretical dead end and inhibit interdisciplinary cross-pollination among linguistics, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and the neurosciences.

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