CARTA: How Language Evolves: Simon Kirby: Language Evolution in the Lab: The Emergence of Design Features - podcast episode cover

CARTA: How Language Evolves: Simon Kirby: Language Evolution in the Lab: The Emergence of Design Features

Apr 03, 201521 min
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Episode description

By realizing that cultural as well as biological evolution has a central role to play in the origins of language, Simon Kirby and his team have unlocked a method that allows them to observe the evolutionary emergence of language structure in miniature cultures that they have created in the lab. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 29397]
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