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The scaffolded evolution of human communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2023

Walter Veit Open the ORCID record for Walter Veit [Opens in a new window]  and
Heather Browning Open the ORCID record for Heather Browning [Opens in a new window]
Walter Veit
Affiliation:
School of History and Philosophy of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. wrwveit@gmail.com https://walterveit.com/ Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, UK
Heather Browning
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London WC2A 2AE, UK. DrHeatherBrowning@gmail.com https://www.heatherbrowning.net
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Abstract

Heintz & Scott-Phillips provide a useful synthesis for constructing a bridge between work by both cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists studying the diversity of human communication. Here, we aim to strengthen their bridge from the side of evolutionary biology, to argue that we can best understand ostensive communication as a scaffold for more complex forms of intentional expressions.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e17
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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