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The article responds to Denis Bickerton’s idea that scavenging of large animals was the key social niche that fostered the emergence of language
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This page is a summary of: Review essay: Niche Construction and the Evolution of Language: Was Territory scavenging the One Key Factor? Review Essay for Derek Bickerton (2009), Adam’s Tongue. How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans. New York: Hill & Wang, Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, April 2011, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/is.12.1.07arb.
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