The Evolution of Language: A Comparative Review

Fitch, W. Tecumseh

doi:10.1007/s10539-005-5597-1

Cited by 137

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 12 of the 12 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.

The Evolution of Language: A Comparative Review

Fitch, W. Tecumseh·2005·Biology & Philosophy

DOI 10.1007/s10539-005-5597-1

Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1007/s10539-005-5597-1

Cites

12 of 12 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Reciprocal altruism and mutualistic trade (at least, the trade of distinct, desired commodities) are surprisingly rare in other animals outside of the context of kinship.
“Both reciprocal altruism and mutualistic trade (at least, the trade of distinct, desired commodities) are surprisingly rare in other animals outside of the context of kinship (Fitch, 2005; Ridley, 2011).”
From The origins of language in teaching (2017) · cites this paper as Fitch, 2005
With language, teaching could be extended to support other established cooperative processes, such as mutualistic exchanges, indirect reciprocity, and group selection.
“Subsequently, with language, teaching could be extended to support other established cooperative processes, such as mutualistic exchanges, indirect reciprocity, and group selection (Fitch, 2005; Nowak & Highfield, 2011).”
From The origins of language in teaching (2017) · cites this paper as Fitch, 2005

The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme
Gould, S. J., & Lewontin, R. C. (1979) · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.1979.0086 · Cited by 7,770 · cited 3×
“Following (Gould and Lewontin 1979), an important subset of such traits are often termed 'spandrels'.”
Neurophysiological investigation of the basis of the fMRI signal
Logothetis, N. K., Pauls, J., Augath, M., Trinath, T., & Oeltermann, A. (2001) · Nature · doi:10.1038/35084005 · Cited by 6,551
Mate selection—A selection for a handicap
Zahavi, A. (1975) · Journal of Theoretical Biology · doi:10.1016/0022-5193(75)90111-3 · Cited by 5,251
The faculty of language: what is it, who has it, and how did it evolve?
Hauser, M. D., Chomsky, N., & Fitch, W. T. (2002) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.298.5598.1569 · Cited by 5,189
Self-citation
Understanding motor events: a neurophysiological study
di Pellegrino, G., Fadiga, L., Fogassi, L., Gallese, V., & Rizzolatti, G. (1992) · Experimental Brain Research · doi:10.1007/bf00230027 · Cited by 3,539
Formulaic Language and the Lexicon
Wray, A. (2002) · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511519772 · Cited by 2,873
How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species
Cheney, D. L., & Seyfarth, R. M. (1990) · doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226218526.001.0001 · Cited by 2,268
D arwin's D angerous I dea
DENNETT, D. C. (1995) · The Sciences · doi:10.1002/j.2326-1951.1995.tb03633.x · Cited by 1,975
Primate cognition
Tomasello, M., & Call, J. (1997) · doi:10.1093/oso/9780195106237.001.0001 · Cited by 1,491
From monkey-like action recognition to human language: An evolutionary framework for neurolinguistics.
Arbib, M. A. (2005) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x05000038 · Cited by 1,164
Speech perception by the chinchilla: Identification functions for synthetic VOT stimuli
Kuhl, P. K., & Miller, J. D. (1978) · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · doi:10.1121/1.381770 · Cited by 430 · cited 1×
“Examples include categorical perception (Kuhl and Miller 1978) and the closely-related 'prototype magnet' effect (Kluender et al. 1998), vocal tract normalization (Fitch 1997), and discrimination among human languages by rhythmic cues (Ramus et al. 2000).”
The continuous Sir Philip Sidney game: a simple model of biological signalling
Johnstone, R. A., & Grafen, A. (1992) · Journal of Theoretical Biology · doi:10.1016/s0022-5193(05)80674-5 · Cited by 118

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 198

M.A. Arbib, 2003, Language Evolution, 182, 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244843.003.0010 · DOI
J. Batali, 1994, Artificial Life IV, 160
J. Batali, 1998, Approaches to the Evolution of Language, 405
E. Bates, 1996, Science, 274, 1849, 10.1126/science.274.5294.1849 · DOI
E. Belton, 2003, Hum. Brain Mappin, 18, 194, 10.1002/hbm.10093 · DOI
T.J. Bergman, 2003, Science, 302, 1234, 10.1126/science.1087513 · DOI
C.T. Bergstrom, 1998, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 95, 5100, 10.1073/pnas.95.9.5100 · DOI
D. Bickerton, 1990, Language and Species, 10.7208/chicago/9780226220949.001.0001 · DOI
D. Bickerton, 1998, Approaches to the Evolution of Language, 341
D. Bickerton, 2000, The Evolutionary Emergence of Language: Social Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form, 264, 10.1017/CBO9780511606441.017 · DOI
D. Bickerton, 2003, Language Evolution, 77, 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244843.003.0005 · DOI
T. Briscoe, 2002, Evolution through Language Acquisition: Formal and Computational Models, 358, 10.1017/CBO9780511486524 · DOI
T. Briscoe, 2003, Language Evolution, 295, 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244843.003.0016 · DOI
S. Brown, 2000, The Origins of Music, 271
M. Brunet, 2005, Nature, 434, 752, 10.1038/nature03392 · DOI
R. Burling, 1986, Ethol. Sociobiol., 7, 1, 10.1016/0162-3095(86)90011-7 · DOI
R.W. Byrne, 1988, Machiavellian Intelligence: Social Expertise and the Evolution of Intellect in Monkeys, Apes and Humans
R. Cabeza, 2000, J. Cogn. Neurosci., 12, 1, 10.1162/08989290051137585 · DOI · Paper page
W.H. Calvin, 2000, Lingua Ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin with the Human Brain, 10.7551/mitpress/4246.001.0001 · DOI
A. Cangelosi, 2002, Simulating the Evolution of Language, 10.1007/978-1-4471-0663-0 · DOI
A. Carstairs-McCarthy, 1998, Approaches to the Evolution of Language, 279
A. Carstairs-McCarthy, 1999, The Origins of Complex Language, 10.1093/oso/9780198238225.001.0001 · DOI
C.K. Catchpole, 1995, Bird Song: Themes and Variations
D.L. Cheney, 1990a, Anim. Behav., 40, 742, 10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80703-1 · DOI
N. Chomsky, 1957, Syntactic Structures, 10.1515/9783112316009 · DOI · Paper page
M. Christiansen, 2003, Language Evolution, 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244843.001.0001 · DOI
M.T. Colonnese, 1996, Behaviour, 133, 1165, 10.1163/156853996X00350 · DOI
M.C. Corballis, 2003, Language Evolution, 201, 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244843.003.0011 · DOI
S. Crain, 1991, Behav. Brain Sci., 14, 597, 10.1017/S0140525X00071491 · DOI
M.R. D'Amato, 1988, Music Percep., 5, 452, 10.2307/40285410 · DOI
C. Darwin, 1871, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, 10.1037/12293-000 · DOI
R. Dawkins, 1978, Behavioural Ecology, 282
B. de Boer, 2001, The Origins of Vowel Systems, 10.1093/oso/9780198299653.001.0001 · DOI
T.W. Deacon, 1997, The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain
A.J. DeCasper, 1980, Science, 208, 1174, 10.1126/science.7375928 · DOI · Paper page
D.C. Dennett, 1995, Darwin's Dangerous Idea
J.-L. Dessalles, 1998, Approaches to the Evolution of Language, 130
M. Donald, 1991, Origins of the Modern Mind
A.J. Doupe, 1999, Annu. Rev. Neurosci., 22, 567, 10.1146/annurev.neuro.22.1.567 · DOI · Paper page
R. Dunbar, 1996, Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language
K. Emmorey, 2002, languageCognition and the Brain: Insights From Sign Language Research
W. Enard, 2002, Nature, 418, 869, 10.1038/nature01025 · DOI · Paper page
C.S. Evans, 1994, Anim. Behav., 46, 23, 10.1006/anbe.1993.1158 · DOI
C.S. Evans, 1994, Anim. Behav., 47, 1159, 10.1006/anbe.1994.1154 · DOI
P.D. Evans, 2004, Hum. Mol. Genet., 13, 489, 10.1093/hmg/ddh055 · DOI
L. Fadiga, 2002, Eur. J. Neurosci., 15, 399, 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01874.x · DOI
C.F. Ferris, 2001, NeuroReport, 12, 2231, 10.1097/00001756-200107200-00037 · DOI
J. Fischer, 2002, Folia Primatol., 73, 32, 10.1159/000060417 · DOI
R.A. Fisher, 1930, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, 10.5962/bhl.title.27468 · DOI · Paper page
W.T. Fitch, 1997, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 102, 1213, 10.1121/1.421048 · DOI
W.T. Fitch, 2000a, Trends Cogn. Sci., 4, 258, 10.1016/S1364-6613(00)01494-7 · DOI
W.T. Fitch, 2000b, Phonetica, 57, 205, 10.1159/000028474 · DOI
W.T. Fitch, 2002, The Transition to Language, 21, 10.1093/oso/9780199250653.003.0002 · DOI
W.T. Fitch, 2004, Evolution of Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach, 275, 10.7551/mitpress/2879.003.0022 · DOI · Paper page
Fitch W.T. The biology and evolution of music. Cognition. in press.
W.T. Fitch, 1999, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 106, 1511, 10.1121/1.427148 · DOI
W.T. Fitch, 2002, Acoustic Communication, 65
W.T. Fitch, 2004, Science, 303, 377, 10.1126/science.1089401 · DOI
Fitch W.T., Hauser M.D. and Chomsky N. The Evolution of the Language Faculty: Clarifications and Implications. Cognition. in press. · DOI · Paper page
W.T. Fitch, 2001, Proc. R. Soc. Biol. Sci., 268, 1669, 10.1098/rspb.2001.1704 · DOI
S.A. Frank, 1998, Foundations of Social Evolution, 10.1515/9780691206820 · DOI
A. Friederici, 2000, Brain Lang., 74, 289, 10.1006/brln.2000.2313 · DOI
R.A. Gardner, 1969, Science, 165, 664, 10.1126/science.165.3894.664 · DOI
R. Gil-da-Costa, 2004, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 101, 17516, 10.1073/pnas.0408077101 · DOI
B.C. Goodwin, 1983, Development and Evolution : The Sixth Symposium of the British Society for Developmental Biology, 75
M. Gopnik, 1990, Nature, 344, 715, 10.1038/344715a0 · DOI
S.J. Gould, 1976, Evolution Brain and Behavior: Persistent Problems, 175
S.J. Gould, 1991, J. Soc. Issues, 47, 43, 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1991.tb01822.x · DOI
S.J. Gould, 1982, Paleobiology, 8, 4, 10.1017/S0094837300004310 · DOI · Paper page
A. Grafen, 1990, J. Theor. Biol., 144, 517, 10.1016/S0022-5193(05)80088-8 · DOI · Paper page
B.K. Hall, 1994, Homology: The Hierarchical Basis of Comparative Biology, 483
W.D. Hamilton, 1964, Am. Natural., 97, 354, 10.1086/497114 · DOI
M.D. Hauser, 1996, The Evolution of Communication, 10.7551/mitpress/2867.001.0001 · DOI · Paper page
M.D. Hauser, 2001, Honor of Jacques Mehler, 417
M.D. Hauser, 1993, Behav. Ecol., 4, 194, 10.1093/beheco/4.3.194 · DOI
M.D. Hauser, 2001, Cognition, 78, 53, 10.1016/S0010-0277(00)00132-3 · DOI · Paper page
M.D. Hauser, 1993, Anim. Behav., 45, 817, 10.1006/anbe.1993.1096 · DOI
M.D. Hauser, 2002b, Cognition, 86, B15, 10.1016/S0010-0277(02)00139-7 · DOI
C. Henton, 1992, Linguistics, 27
L.M. Herman, 1993, Language and Communication: Comparative Perspectives, 403
G.W. Hewes, 1973, Curr. Anthropol., 14, 5, 10.1086/201401 · DOI
C.F. Hockett, 1960, Animal Sounds and Communication
J. Hurford, 1990, Logical Issues in Language Acquistion, 85, 10.1515/9783110870374-007 · DOI
J.R. Hurford, 2000, The Evolutionary Emergence of Language: Social Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form, 219, 10.1017/CBO9780511606441.014 · DOI
J.S. Hyde, 1988, Psychol. Bull., 104, 53, 10.1037/0033-2909.104.1.53 · DOI · Paper page
R. Jackendoff, 1999, Trends Cogn. Sci., 3, 272, 10.1016/S1364-6613(99)01333-9 · DOI
R. Jackendoff, 2002, Foundations of Language, 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198270126.001.0001 · DOI
F. Jacob, 1977, Science, 196, 1161, 10.1126/science.860134 · DOI
V.M. Janik, 1997, Adv. study Behav., 26, 59, 10.1016/S0065-3454(08)60377-0 · DOI
L. Jenkins, 1999, Biolinguistics: Exploring the Biology of Language
U. Jurgens, 1998, Naturwissenschaften, 85, 376, 10.1007/s001140050519 · DOI
P.W. Jusczyk, 1997, The Discovery of Spoken Language
E. Kako, 1999, Anim. Learn. Behav., 27, 1, 10.3758/BF03199424 · DOI
J. Kaminski, 2004, Science, 304, 1682, 10.1126/science.1097859 · DOI
S.J. Karakashian, 1988, J. Comp. Psychol., 102, 129, 10.1037/0735-7036.102.2.129 · DOI
R. Keller, 1995, On Language Change: The Invisible Hand in Language
S. Kirby, 1998, Function, Selection and Innateness: The Emergence of Language Universals
S. Kirby, 2002, Artif. Life, 8, 185, 10.1162/106454602320184248 · DOI
S. Kirby, 2004, Studies in Language, 28, 1
E.S. Klima, 1979, The Signs of Language
K.R. Kluender, 1998, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 104, 3568, 10.1121/1.423939 · DOI
E. Kohler, 2002, Science, 297, 846, 10.1126/science.1070311 · DOI · Paper page
N.L. Komarova, 2003, Language Evolution, 317, 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244843.003.0017 · DOI
P. Kuhl, 1989, The Comparative Psychology of Audition, 379
P.K. Kuhl, 1987, Categorical Perception: The Groundwork of Cognition
C.S.L. Lai, 2001, Nature, 413, 519, 10.1038/35097076 · DOI
N.E. Langmore, 1998, Trends Ecol. Evol., 13, 136, 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01241-X · DOI
A.M. Liberman, 1996, Speech: A Special Code
A.M. Liberman, 1957, J. Exp. Psychol., 53, 358, 10.1037/h0044417 · DOI
A.M. Liberman, 1985, Cognition, 21, 1, 10.1016/0010-0277(85)90021-6 · DOI
P. Lieberman, 1968, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 44, 1574, 10.1121/1.1911299 · DOI
P. Lieberman, 1984, The Biology and Evolution of Language
P. Lieberman, 2000, Human language and our reptilian brain: the subcortical bases of speechsyntax and thought
P. Lieberman, 1988, Speech Physiology, Speech Perception, and Acoustic Phonetics, 10.1017/CBO9781139165952 · DOI
F. Liégeois, 2003, Nat. Neurosci., 6, 1230, 10.1038/nn1138 · DOI
K. Liem, 1973, Syst. Zool., 22, 425, 10.2307/2412950 · DOI
D. Lightfoot, 1991, Lang. Commun., 11, 67, 10.1016/0271-5309(91)90020-V · DOI
D.W. Lightfoot, 2002, Syntactic Effects of Morphological Change, 422, 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199250691.001.0001 · DOI
J. Locke, 1993, The Path to Spoken Language
Locke J.L. and Bogin B. (in press). Language and life history: A new perspective on the development and evolution of human language. Behavioral & Brain Sciences. · DOI
P.F. MacNeilage, 1998a, Approaches to the Evolution of Language, 222
P.F. MacNeilage, 1998b, Behav. Brain Sci., 21, 499, 10.1017/S0140525X98001265 · DOI
G.F. Marcus, 2003, Trends Cogn. Sci., 7, 257, 10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00104-9 · DOI
P. Marler, 1970a, Am. Sci., 58, 669
P. Marler, 1970b, J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. Monogr., 71, 1, 10.1037/h0029144 · DOI
J. Maynard Smith, 1991, Anim. Behav., 42, 1034, 10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80161-7 · DOI · Paper page
J. Maynard Smith, 1998, Nature, 393, 639, 10.1038/31383 · DOI
J. Maynard Smith, 1985, Q. Rev. Biol., 60, 265, 10.1086/414425 · DOI
J. Maynard Smith, 2003, Animal Signals, 10.1093/oso/9780198526841.001.0001 · DOI · Paper page
J. Maynard Smith, 1995, The Major Transitions in Evolution
J. Mehler, 1998, Cognition, 29, 143, 10.1016/0010-0277(88)90035-2 · DOI
G.F. Miller, 2001, The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
B.R. Moore, 1992, Behaviour, 12, 231, 10.1163/156853992X00525 · DOI
D. Nettle, 1997, Curr. Anthropol., 38, 93, 10.1086/204588 · DOI · Paper page
F. Nottebohm, 1976, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 280, 643, 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1976.tb25526.x · DOI
F. Nottebohm, 1999, The design of animal communication, 63, 10.7551/mitpress/2359.003.0005 · DOI
M. Nowak, 2001, Science, 291, 114, 10.1126/science.291.5501.114 · DOI
M. Nowak, 2002, Nature, 417, 611, 10.1038/nature00771 · DOI
J.J. Ohala, 1983, Phonetica, 40, 1, 10.1159/000261678 · DOI
P.-Y. Oudeyer, 2003, L'auto-organisation de la parole
M.J. Owren, 1993, Dev. Psychobiol., 26, 389, 10.1002/dev.420260703 · DOI
K. Payne, 2000, The Origins of Music, 135
I.M. Pepperberg, 1991, Cognitive Ethology, 153
S. Pinker, 1984, Language Learnability and Language Development
S. Pinker, 1994, The Language Instinct, 10.1037/e412952005-009 · DOI
S. Pinker, 1990, Behav. Brain Sci., 13, 707, 10.1017/S0140525X00081061 · DOI · Paper page
S. Pinker, 2005, Cognition, 95, 201, 10.1016/j.cognition.2004.08.004 · DOI · Paper page
D.J. Povinelli, 1996, Monogr. Soc. Res. Child Dev., 61, 1, 10.2307/1166159 · DOI
G.R. Price, 1970, Nature (London), 227, 520, 10.1038/227520a0 · DOI · Paper page
G.R. Price, 1972, Ann. Hum. Genet., 35, 485, 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1957.tb01874.x · DOI
F. Ramus, 2000, Science, 288, 349, 10.1126/science.288.5464.349 · DOI
D. Reby, 2003, Anim. Behav., 65, 519, 10.1006/anbe.2003.2078 · DOI
D. Reby, 2005, Proc. R. Soc. Lond B, 272, 941, 10.1098/rspb.2004.2954 · DOI
D.G. Richards, 1984, J. Comp. Psychol., 98, 10, 10.1037/0735-7036.98.1.10 · DOI
K. Riebel, 2003, Adv. Study Behav, 33, 49, 10.1016/S0065-3454(03)33002-5 · DOI
G. Rizzolatti, 1998, Trends Neurosci., 21, 188, 10.1016/S0166-2236(98)01260-0 · DOI · Paper page
G. Sampson, 1980, Schools of Linguistics, 10.1515/9781503621282 · DOI
M.J. Sanderson, 1996, Homoplasy: The Recurrence of Similarity in Evolution
E.S. Savage-Rumbaugh, 1993, Monogr. Soc. Res. Child Dev., 58, 1, 10.2307/1166068 · DOI
Scott S.K. 2005. The neurobiology of speech. In: Cutler A. Crossroads of Psycholinguistics: Four Comerstones, Lawrence ErlbaumLondon, pp. 141–156.
A. Senghas, 2001, Psychol. Sci., 12, 323, 10.1111/1467-9280.00359 · DOI
A. Senghas, 2005, Science, 305, 1779, 10.1126/science.1100199 · DOI
Seyfarth R.M. and Cheney D. Constraints and preadaptations in the earliest stages of language evolution. Ling. Rev.. in press.
R.M. Seyfarth, 1990, Anim. Behav., 40, 754, 10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80704-3 · DOI
R.M. Seyfarth, 2005, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9, 264, 10.1016/j.tics.2005.04.001 · DOI
J. Sinnott, 1999, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 106, 929, 10.1121/1.427107 · DOI
E. Sober, 1998, Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior
L. Steels, 1997, Evol. Commun., 1, 1, 10.1075/eoc.1.1.02ste · DOI
L. Steels, 1998, Approaches to the Evolution of Language, 384
L. Steel, 1999, The Talking Heads Experiment
J.R. Stevens, 2004, Trends Cogn. Sci., 8, 60, 10.1016/j.tics.2003.12.003 · DOI
K. Stromswold, 2001, Language, 77, 647, 10.1353/lan.2001.0247 · DOI
M. Studdert-Kennedy, 1983, Hum. Neurobiol., 2, 191
F. Subiaul, 2004, Science, 305, 407, 10.1126/science.1099136 · DOI
H.M. Sussman, 1998, Behav. Brain Sci., 21, 241, 10.1017/S0140525X98001174 · DOI
E. Szathmáry, 2001, New Essays on the Origin of Language, 55
H.S. Terrace, 2003, Psychol. Sci., 14, 66, 10.1111/1467-9280.01420 · DOI
N. Tinbergen, 1963, Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 20, 410, 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1963.tb01161.x · DOI · Paper page
M. Tomasello, 2002, Nature, 417, 791, 10.1038/417791a · DOI
M. Tomasello, 2003, Language Evolution, 94, 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244843.003.0006 · DOI
M. Tomasello, 2003, Trends Cogn. Sci., 7, 153, 10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00035-4 · DOI · Paper page
R.L. Trivers, 1971, Q. Rev. Biol., 46, 35, 10.1086/406755 · DOI · Paper page
R.L. Trivers, 1974, Am. Zool., 14, 249, 10.1093/icb/14.1.249 · DOI
F. Vargha-Khadem, 1995, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 92, 930, 10.1073/pnas.92.3.930 · DOI
F. Vargha-Khadem, 1998, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 95, 12695, 10.1073/pnas.95.21.12695 · DOI
K. von Frisch, 1967, Science, 158, 1073
D.B. Wake, 1991, Am. Nat., 138, 543, 10.1086/285234 · DOI
J. Wallman, 1992, Aping Language, 10.1017/CBO9780511611858 · DOI
G.E. Weissengruber, 2002, J. Anat. (London), 201, 195, 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2002.00088.x · DOI
A. Whiten, 1992, The Study of Behavior, 239
G.C. Williams, 1966, Adaptation and Natural Selection
E.O. Wilson, 1975, Sociobiology
R. Worden, 1998, Approaches to the Evolution of Language, 148
A.A. Wright, 2000, J. Exp. Psychol. Gen., 129, 291, 10.1037/0096-3445.129.3.291 · DOI
K. Zuberbühler, 2000a, Cognition, 76, 195, 10.1016/S0010-0277(00)00079-2 · DOI
K. Zuberbühler, 2000b, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci., 267, 713, 10.1098/rspb.2000.1061 · DOI
K. Zuberbühler, 2002, Anim. Behav., 63, 293, 10.1006/anbe.2001.1914 · DOI
W.H. Zuidema, 2005, The major transitions in the evolution of language. Unpublished PhD Thesis, 225

Sorted by citations

A bird's eye view of human language evolution
Berwick, R. C., Beckers, G. J. L., Okanoya, K., & Bolhuis, J. J. (2012) · Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnevo.2012.00005 · Cited by 81
“Following the lead of experiments carried out with non-human primates (Fitch and Hauser, 2004), these approaches have most often attempted to probe whether songbirds can learn to discriminate the strings of languages that are not describable by any finite-state transition network. In particular, researchers have focus…”
Influential
The origins of language in teaching
Laland, K. N. (2017) · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review · doi:10.3758/s13423-016-1077-7 · Cited by 80
African elephants address one another with individually specific name-like calls
Pardo, M. A., Fristrup, K., Lolchuragi, D. S., Poole, J. H., Granli, P., Moss, C., Douglas-Hamilton, I., & Wittemyer, G. (2024) · Nature Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02420-w · Cited by 62
Individuating Cognitive Characters: Lessons from Praying Mantises and Plants
Figdor, C. (2024) · Philosophy of Science · doi:10.1017/psa.2024.10 · Cited by 9

Authors: Fitch, W. T.
Venue: Biology & Philosophy
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2005-03
Volume: 20
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 193-203
ISSN: 0169-3867
1572-8404
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-005-5597-1
Cited by: 137
References: 12
Language: en
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review

The Evolution of Language: A Comparative Review

Overview

Integrity signals

Verification

Claims the paper makes

Claims other papers make about this one

Citations

Cites

Cited by

Metadata

Record

About these checks