%0 Journal Article
%T Language Did Not Spring Forth 100,000 Years Ago
%A Philip Lieberman
%J -
%D 2015
%R 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002064
%X In response to an Essay by Johan Bolhuis and co-authors, Phillip Lieberman contends that rather than arising from a key recent innovation ("merge"), language arose by gradual evolution of ancient capabilities
%K Language
%K Evolutionary linguistics
%K Syntax
%K Cognitive linguistics
%K Speech
%K Neanderthals
%K Learning
%K Language acquisition
%U https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002064