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Al-Sayyid Bedouin sign language

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gestures by

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music of

pointing by

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tools used by

vocal learning lacking in

see also specific apes Ape and the Sushi Master, The
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ape language research (ALR)

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Arabidopsis

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Arbib, Michael

Arnold, Kate

Arthur (parrot)

articulation

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auditory cortex

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“Avian Brains and a New Understanding of Vertebrate Brain Evolution,”

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Balaban, Evan

Baldwinian evolution

Barcelona, Universidad de

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basal ganglia

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bats

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Behavioral Ecology Research Group

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belugas

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Bever, Thomas

Beyond Freedom and Dignity
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Bickerton, Derek

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bipedalism

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FOXP2 in

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songs of

see also specific birds

Birth of the Mind, The
(Marcus)

Blackburn, Robin

Blake, Joanna

Blombos Cave

Bloom, Paul:

at Gould debate

on language evolution

Bogin, Barry

Bonnot, Étienne

bonobos

evolution of

future planning by

gestures by

humans’ relationship to

music enjoyed by

tools used by

Borneo

Boroditsky, Lera

Botswana

Brahma

brain:

ape

bird

chimpanzee

gorilla

monkey

primate

whale

see also specific brain components

brain, human

big genetic bang and

computer analogy of

damage to

growth rates of

language and

negative selection and

plasticity of

size of

speech and syntax overlap in

Brandeis University

breathing

Brehm, Alfred

Broca’s area

Brodmann’s area

Brown University

Budongo Forest

Bully for Brontosaurus
(Gould)

Bush, George H.W.

Bush, George W.

Bybee, Joan

California, University of

Call, Josep

Cambridge, University of

Cambridge survey of linguistics

Cantalupo, Claudio

Carnegie Mellon University

Carr, Philip

Catania, A. Charles

categorical perception

cats

Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi

Central African Republic

cerebellum

cerebral cortex

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Cheney, Dorothy

Chicago, University of

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chimpanzees

ancestry of

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brains of

calls of

concept of zero and

drumming by

EQ of

evolution of

food cries of

generalizing ability of

genome of

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Goodall’s imitation of

humans’ relationship with

imitation and

larynx of

mouth movements by

pant hoots of

pointing by

reflections understood by

rhythm in dominance displays of

screams of

sound capabilities of

syntax of

chimpanzees
(cont.)
theory of mind of

tools used by

vocal learning lacking in

“Chimpanzee Stone Age,”

China

chinchillas

Chinese

Chomsky, Noam

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on evolution

and infinitude of language

influence of

on Kanzi

language defined by

on language evolution

Lieberman in class of

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Pinker and Bloom’s paper and

Pinker on

on poverty of stimulus

on starling syntax

style of

on
Symbolic Species

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