title: The continuing legacy of nature versus nurture in biolinguistics.
abstract: Theories of language evolution that separate biological and cultural contributions perpetuate a false dichotomy between nature and nurture. The explanatory power of future theories will depend on acknowledging the reality of gene-culture interaction and how it makes language possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1, 1010, Vienna, Austria. danielliubowling@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Daniel L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Bowling
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D003468:Cultural Evolution; D059647:Gene-Environment Interaction; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008037:Linguistics
keywords: Development; Genetics; Language; Nature vs. Nurture