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Neurolinguistic models and fossil reconstructions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Merlin Donald
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaK7L 4P9. donaldm@qucdn.queensu.ca

Abstract

Hominid-like morphology in habiline cranial endocasts does not necessarily imply the presence of language capacity. The cortical zone in question is not associated exclusively with language in humans, and its emergence in habilines might indicate the evolution of other cognitive functions special to humans that were preconditions for the later evolution of language.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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