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From mouth to mouth and hand to hand: On language evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2003

Uwe Jürgens
Uwe Jürgens*
Affiliation:
German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077Göttingen, Germany
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ujuerge@gwdg.de
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Abstract:

This commentary points to the lack of sound data supporting Corballis's thesis that there is a general left-hemisphere dominance for nonverbal vocal production in mammals. I also point out that area F5 in the rhesus monkey, which Corballis considers as homologous to Broca's area, contains not only visual “mirror” neurons but also auditory “mirror” neurons. This weakens Corballis's thesis that language developed exclusively at the gestural level.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 229 - 230
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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