Language evolution: loquacious monkey brains?
Theories about the evolutionary path that led to the neuronal network underlying human language have long generated much heat without light. Using PET imaging, a recent study suggests that monkeys share a circuit for vocal perception with humans, adding some empirical data to the debate.
Ghazanfar
Asif A
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Program in Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Green Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA. asifg@princeton.edu <asifg@princeton.edu>
Miller
Cory T
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D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000502:physiology*; D007802:Language; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*