Peter Bradley

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Surprisingly, what emerges from such study is that there is little evidence that human brains have genetically specialised tissue for language. This perhaps startling assertion is supported by the fact that there is no convincing evidence to date that there are specifically heritable linguistic deficits. Language deficits are rooted in other physical or mental problems.
How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention
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