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Signals, Honesty and the Evolution of Language

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New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution
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The evolution of language is a long-standing puzzle for many reasons. One is that its very virtues as a system of communication seem to open the door to ruinous free-riding and deception.
This paper will locate and partially solve that problem within a framework explaining the evolution of honest signals and informational co-operation in human evolution, and will use that framework to develop a partial picture of language evolution. Presented by Kim Sterenly (Philosophy, Australian National University).

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New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution
People
Kim Sterelny
Keywords
anthropology
evolution
cognitve
human
Social Sciences
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 23/08/2011
Duration: 00:49:10

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