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Mark Pagel: Hur språk förvandlade mänskligheten

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Biologen Mark Pagel delar en intressant teori om varför människan utvecklade vår komplexa system av språk. Han föreslår att språk är en bit "social teknologi" som gjorde att människans tidiga stammar fick tillgång till ett kraftfullt nytt verktyg: samarbete.

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

Translated into Swedish by Patricia Nilsson
Reviewed by Johan Cegrell
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