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. 2018 Apr 17:9:551.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00551. eCollection 2018.

The Emergence of Modern Languages: Has Human Self-Domestication Optimized Language Transmission?

Antonio Benítez-Burraco  1 , Vera Kempe  2
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The Emergence of Modern Languages: Has Human Self-Domestication Optimized Language Transmission?

Antonio Benítez-Burraco et al. Front Psychol. .
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Keywords: Linguistic niche hypothesis; child-directed speech; language acquisition; language evolution; self-domestication.

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A graphical summary of the hypothesis of human self-domestication as a key factor in the optimization of language transmission and ultimately, in the emergence of modern languages. The skulls from Neanderthals (left) and AMHs (right) are from Boeckx and Benítez-Burraco (2014).
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