Compare and contrast the evolution of language and biological evolution. What role may mutations play in the origins of human language, if any?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary
You might also like to view...
A speaker's underlying ability to produce and recognize grammatically correct expressions is called:
a. linguistic competence. b. verbal competence. c. communicative competence. d. structural competence.
Agency refers to the actions that individuals take, both alone and in groups, in forming and transforming culture. Describe examples in your own life that illustrate the relationship between agency and culture.
What will be an ideal response?
In Israel important discoveries at Tabun and Kebara include all of the following EXCEPT
a. a 120,000-year-old female skeleton. b. the most complete Neanderthal pelvis. c. a hyoid bone identical to H. sapiens. d. four well-preserved spears. e. the burial of a large male.
In an article in the British science journal Nature, Dart argued that Taung was a hominin, based on __________
a. its generalized teeth b. the broad and short iliac blade of the pelvis c. the position of the foramen magnum d. the funnel-shaped thorax