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Mark Pagel: com el llenguatge ha transformat la humanitat

Filmed Jul 2011 • Posted Aug 2011TEDGlobal 2011
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El biòleg Mark Pagel comparteix amb nosaltres una teoria intrigant sobre per què els humans hem desenvolupat un sistema de llenguatge complex. Proposa el llenguatge com una peça de la "tecnologia social" que va permetre a les tribus humanes accedir a una eina nova i poderosa: la cooperació.

Using biological evolution as a template, Mark Pagel wonders how languages evolve. Full bio »

Translated into Catalan by Alba Duch
Reviewed by Lluis Vilardell
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