Does language arise from a calculus of dominance?

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 18 (2):387-387 (1995)
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Robin Dunbar's hypothesis that language capacity in response to the demands of maintaining large groups suggests a more specific hypothesis that language arose from a cognitive calculus by which animals could predict their status in complex dominance situations.

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