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Stone tools, language and the brain in human evolution

Stout, Dietrich, Chaminade, Thierry·2012·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
DOI 10.1098/rstb.2011.0099
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Long-standing speculations and more recent hypotheses propose a variety of possible evolutionary connections between language, gesture and tool use. These arguments have received important new support from neuroscientific research on praxis, observational action understanding and vocal language demonstrating substantial functional/anatomical overlap between these behaviours. However, valid reasons for scepticism remain as well as substantial differences in detail between alternative evolutionary hypotheses. Here, we review the current status of alternative ‘gestural’ and ‘technological’ hypotheses of language origins, drawing on current evidence of the neural bases of speech and tool use generally, and on recent studies of the neural correlates of Palaeolithic technology specifically.

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Authors
Stout, D., & Chaminade, T.
Venue
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Publisher
The Royal Society
Published
2012-01-12
Volume
367
Issue
1585
Pages
75-87
ISSN
  • 0962-8436
  • 1471-2970
DOI
10.1098/rstb.2011.0099
Cited by
329
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18
Language
en
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royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ (tdm)

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