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Lecture 4 : Language and speech are old, at least half a million years or so and yes, Neandertals spoke too| old_uid | 11105 |
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| title | Lecture 4 : Language and speech are old, at least half a million years or so and yes, Neandertals spoke too |
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| start_date | 2016/02/25 |
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| schedule | 14h-16h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | RdC, salle Claude Simon |
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| summary | Language origins and evolution are a notoriously difficult problem, but recent advances on many fronts allow a resurgence of interest based on strong empirical foundations. Here I will argue that we must place language and speech in their wider evolutionary context and consider all available data and methods; as soon as we do this, language and speech (in a recognizably modern form) are revealed as being old traits, going back half a million years ago, and shared with our evolutionary cousins, the Neandertals and the Denisovans. |
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| responsibles | Isel |
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