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Darwin y la facultad (no tan) humana del lenguaje

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Darwin and the (not so) human language faculty. For Darwin, the human faculty of language was an ideal field for applying the evolutionary mechanism of sexual selection. Furthermore, he saw the song of birds as a perfect candidate to establish a line of continuity between language and the rest of the organic world. Recent molecular findings have revitalized both theses. This article reviews the question from a historiographic point of view and it offers some remarks concerning the parallelism of language and birdsong evolution from the perspective of current evo-devo biology. Key words: Darwin, faculty of language, birdsong, sexual selection, FOXP2 gene, evolutionary developmental biology.

Source: Consultation of the Doctoral Thesis Database (TESEO) (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte)

Author: Guillermo Lorenzo

Institution: Universidad de Oviedo

Language: Spanish

Topic: Language and cultural evolution

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W90646062

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Cites: 40

Cited by: 2

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