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Talk about evolution!

New approaches and tools have increased the possibility of testing differing hypotheses on the evolution of human speech and language.

How speech, thought and action co-evolved to make humans unique.

We marvel each time we see a child go from babbling to speaking sentences that carry meaning. How the facilities of speech and language come about during human evolution is one of the most exciting areas of research in human biology. New approaches and new tools have increased the possibility of testing widely differing hypotheses.

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