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This article is from the sci.lang FAQ, by Michael Covington (mcovingt@ai.uga.edu) and Mark Rosenfelder (markrose@zompist.com) with numerous contributions by others.

5. How did language originate?

Nobody knows. Very little evidence is available.
See however D. Bickerton, LANGUAGE AND SPECIES (1990).

 

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