Adaptation to moving targets: Culture/gene coevolution, not either/or (2008)
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Abstract
We agree that much of language evolution is likely to be adaptation of languages to properties of the brain. However, the attempt to rule out the existence of language-specific adaptations a priori is misguided. In particular, the claim that adaptation to "moving targets" cannot occur is false. Instead, the details of gene-culture coevolution in language are an empirical matter.
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Barrett, H. C., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Wilke, A. (2008). Adaptation to moving targets: Culture/gene coevolution, not either/or. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31, 511-512.
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| Document type: | Article | |
| Publication status: | Published | |
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