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Direct linkCorballis, Michael C. – Brain and Language, 2010
The mirror system provided a natural platform for the subsequent evolution of language. In nonhuman primates, the system provides for the understanding of biological action, and possibly for imitation, both prerequisites for language. I argue that language evolved from manual gestures, initially as a system of pantomime, but with gestures…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Primatology, Evolution
