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The Biolinguistics journal has just begun a blog. I have no idea how it will turn out, but I have added it to my RSS feeder. http://biolingblog.blogspot.com/
Applause! Applause! How strange people are. We will work our hearts out for praise.
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Last week’s post (here) looked at a recent paper by David A. Leavens and Timothy P. Racine which discusses the prerequisites of joint...
John Hawks' blog has an important report on adoption of orphans by male chimpanzees in the wild, probably as a result of very heavy leopard predation. This is very important in thinking about evolution and the rise of altruism. I'm amazed and...
James, the Chimpanzee Chauffeur. If a chimpanzee can be taught to drive a car, what can't it learn?
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Regulars on this blog will know that I am a big supporter of the notion that what makes language unique is the...
The New York Academy of Sciences recently moved into its new offices offering a spectacular view of Ground Zero and downtown New York. It's a great place to get new ideas.
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“Brains don’t compute thoughts, they evolve...
As a hobby-linguist, I'm thrilled to find a whole blog on the topic of language origins. This is much more satisfying than an article here, a snippet there.