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On the origins of language: A history of constraints and windows of opportunity

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R. I. M. Dunbar
R. I. M. Dunbar
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Human Evolutionary Biology Research Group, Department of Anthropology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, England Electronic mail: ucsarid@ucl.ac.uk
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 721 - 735
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