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Category: Language evolution

Language evolution is the study of the origins and evolution of language and communication.

Sing the Gloaming record sleave.
27 July 202027 July 2020 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Releasing a record about the evolution of language

Animation still of person in the centre with sound waves going in to one ear and sound waves coming out of their mouth
5 September 20195 September 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Language evolves

Two speech bubbles overlapping
14 February 201928 May 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Conversation without words

Language Evolution
17 September 201817 September 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

What makes language distinctly human?

21 FT Evolution of human brains advent calendar
21 December 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Stone-age minds: evolution of human brains

19 - Language evolution art advent calendar
19 December 201712 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Language evolution in art installation

14 - Cybraphone: interactive robot band advent calendar
14 December 201712 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Cybraphon: the interactive robot band

Hill walkers huddle round a map on a snowy day
26 June 201711 June 2018 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Perspectives on language evolution

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