title: Language did not spring forth 100,000 years ago.
abstract: In response to an Essay by Johan Bolhuis and co-authors, Phillip Lieberman contends that rather than arising from a key recent innovation ("merge"), language arose by gradual evolution of ancient capabilities.
authors: Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America.
authors: Philip
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authors: Lieberman
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language