Janik, Vincent
Java
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johnson, George
Journal of Neuroscience
Kacelnik, Alex
Kamm, Oliver
Kanzi (bonobo)
KE family
Kenward, Ben
Kenya
Khao Yai National Park
Kirby, Simon
kissing
Klein, Richard
Knight, Chris
koala
Kohber, Evelyn
Koko (gorilla)
Krubitzer, Leah
lactose tolerance
Ladd, Bob
Lahn, Bruce
Lamar (elephant)
Lana (chimpanzee)
language
acquisition of
adaptionist account of
body parts related to
brain and
language (cont.)
Chomsky’s definition of
and cognition
color and
compositionality and
cross-modality of
Darwin on
endless possibilities of
genes and
see also specific genes
gestures and
and imagination
infinitude of
as information highway
learning of
imits of
mistakes in
modules of
as multidimensional
Neanderthals and
and numbers
proto-
reproduction of
as set of sentences
structure of
symbols and
as uniquely human phenomenon
variety of
as virus
see also communication; speech
Language
Language and Mind (Chomsky)
Language and Species (Bickerton)
language change
language evolution
animal research and
Bickerton on
big genetic bang in
Bloom on
“bow-wow” theory of
Chomsky on
communication and
computer models of
current burgeoning of field of
Darwin and
debate over
evolutionary narratives in
Fitch and
future of
Galápagos Islands infant question and
genes and
and gesture evolution
Gould on
Hauser on
importance of
Jackendoff on
Lieberman on
life stages and
Lyn on
Pinker on
“pooh-pooh” theory of
Rousseau on
and something to say
syntax and
ten-stage theory of
and uniqueness
“yo-he-ho” theory of
language instinct
Language Instinct, The (Pinker)
language organ
language origin
alarm calls and
computer model of
Darwin on
early experiments on
papers on
as unscientific problem
Language Origin: A Multidisciplinary
Approach
Language Origins
languages:
extinction of
tones in
language suite
larynx
“Later Stone Age,”
Leakey, Mary
Leavens, David
left hemisphere
Leipzig gesture conference
leopard
Lerdahl, Fred
Lewontin, Richard
lexicons
lexigrams
Lieberman, Philip
basal ganglia and
on brain
on cognitive flexibility
culture and
on language evolution
Mount Everest study by
Parkinson’s disease study by
Linguistics Society of America
Linguistics Wars, The (Harris)
lion
lips
lizards
Locke, John
logical form
Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory, The (Chomsky)
London Philological Society
London Review of Books
Lord of the Flies (Golding)
Loreto, Vittorio
Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis)
Lund University
lungs
Lupyan, Gary
Lying Stones of Marrakech, The (Gould)
Lyn, Heidi
macaques
McClelland, Jay
McCloskey, James
McCowan, Brenda
McDermott, Josh
McGurk effect
Maclay, Howard
McNeill, David
McNeill Laboratory Center
McWhorter, John
malaria
Manhattan Institute
March 2002 Evolution of Language conference
Marcus, Gary
Marino, Lori
Maryland, University of
Matata (bonobo)
Matthews, Peter
Max Planck Institute
meaning
Melbourne, University of
Mellars, Paul
memory
gestures and
Mensa
mentally retarded
metarepresentations
mice, genes and genome of
microcephalin gene
microglia
mirror neurons
mirrors
MIT
Occasional Papers series at
Mithen, Steven
mockingbirds
Mohawk
monkey, titi
monkeys
brains of
Campbell’s
counting ability of
cries of
Diana
generalizing ability of
gestures by
humans’ relationship with
larynx of
marmoset
squirrel
monkeys, capuchin: imitation by
syntax of
monkeys, vervet
alarm calls of
pitch used by
Montalbetti, Mario
Montpellier, University of
morphemes
morphology
Morris Symposium on the Evolution of
Language
motherese
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
mouths
Mulcahy, Nicholas
Munduruku
music
muzzle wipe
Nabu
narrow syntax
NASA
NATO
Natural History
natural selection
Nature Neuroscience
Neanderthals
neocortex
neural circuits
neural tube
neurogenetics
neurons
mirror
Neurosciences Institute
Nevada, University of
New England Aquarium
Newmeyer, Frederick
Newsweek
Newton, Isaac
New York Academy of Sciences
New York Aquarium
New York Review of Books
New York Times
New York University
Ngatatjara
Nicaraguan Sign Language
Nilsson, Dan-Eric
Nim Chimpsky (chimpanzee)
Nissley, Lacy
“Noam’s Ark” (Bever and Montalbetti)
nose
numbers
occipital lobe
Okavango Delta
Okla
homa, University of
Olivier, Laurence
onomatopoeia
n On the Origin of Species (Darwin)
orangutans
future planning by
gestures by
humans’ relationship with
kissing sounds produced by
tools used by
Origins and Evolution of Language and
Speech
Orrorin tugenensis
Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences
Otx gene
Oxford University
Özyürek, Asli
Pääbo, Svante
Panbanisha (bonobo)
Panpanzee (chimpanzee)
Panthéon
pantomime
Papuan languages
parameters
Paranthropus boisei
parietal lobe
Paris
Parkinson’s disease
parrots
imitation by
sounds produced by
past tense
Patterson, Penny
PAX6 gene
Payne, Katy
Peirce, Charles Sanders
Pelger, Susanne
penis offer
Pennsylvania, University of
Pepperberg, Irene
perception
performance
“Pessimistic Estimate of the Time
Required for an Eye to Evolve
An” (Nilsson and Pelger)
PET imaging
phenome
Phoenix (dolphin)
phonemes
phonology
phrase structure grammar
phrase structure representations
phrenology
Phrygian
Piatelli-Palmarini, Massimo
pidgin
pigs
Pinker, Steven
basal ganglia and
on Chomsky
on cognitive genetics
on “critical period” model
on descended larynx
on genes and language
on Gould
at Gould debate
Jackendoff’s paper on nonlinguistic thinking with
on language evolution
on music
on speech perception
work on past tense by
Pirahã tribe
pitch
Pittsburgh, University of
Plotnik, Joshua
P-markers
pointing
by apes
by bonobos
by chimpanzees
by monkeys
Poole, Joyce
population genetics
porpoises
poverty of stimulus
prefrontal cortex
Premack, David
primates: calls of
gestures by
see also specific primates Prince, Alan
Princeton University
Principia Mathematica (Newton)
principles and parameters theory
Pritchard, Jonathan
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
prosody
Prospect
Prospect Park Zoo
protolanguage
proto-sign
proto-speech
Psammetichus, Pharaoh
psycholinguistics
psycholinguists
Purves, Dale
Pygmy
Pythagoras
QRIO humanoid robot
quail
Ragir, Sonia
rats
basal ganglia possessed by
genome of
grooming by
reciprocation
recursion
reflections
Reiss, Diana
Relevance: Communication and Cognition (Wilson)
relevance theory
Renard, Violette
rhythm
Rico (collie)
Rizzolatti, Giacomo
Roma, Università di
Rome Evolution of Language conference (2006)
Rosen, Charles
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Rumbaugh, Duane
Russell, Bertrand
Russia
Sahelanthropus tchadensis (Toumai)
St. Andrews, University of
Sanders, Ira
Sapir, Edward
Sapolsky, Robert
Sarah (ape)
Sarasvati
Savage-Rumbaugh, Sue
animals and music studied by
on brain plasticity
on language evolution
Schaik, Carel van
Schimper (“traveller”)
Schlaggar, Brad
Schooler, Jonathan
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Schwartz, David
Science
Scientific American Frontiers
seals
Selfish Gene, The (Dawkins)
semantics
semiotics
Senegal
Senghas, Ann
sensory-motor system
SETI
sexual selection
Seyfarth, Robert
Shannon, Claude
Sherman, William Tecumseh
Sherman (chimpanzee)
sickle-cell gene
SIGLEC11
signs, sign language
Al-Sayyid Bedouin
American
homesign
Nicaraguan
proto-
Simpler Syntax (Culicover and Jackendoff)
Singing Neanderthals, The: The Origins of
Music, Language, Mind and Body
(Mithen)
Skinner, B. F.
Slocombe, Katie
social syntax
Société de Linguistique
sociobiology
somatosensory cortex
songs
Sony Computer Science Laboratories
sound
South Africa
Southern California, University of
spandrels
speech
brain and
computer modeling of
disorders of
evolution of
human learning of
language evolution and
perception of
proto-
universal grammar and
speech recognition systems
speech synthesizers
Sperber, Dan
spindle cell
spoonerisms
Stanford University
starlings
Steels, Luc
Stelfox, Sean
Stephen, Leslie
Stephenson, Neal
stimulus-response
Sting
Stony Brook conference
stuttering
Sussex, University of
swearing
Sweden
syllables
Symbolic Species, The (Deacon)
symbols
synapses
syntactic structure
Syntactic Structures (Chomsky)
syntactocentrism
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