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Williams syndrome, human self-domestication, and language evolution

2018-09-08

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<p>Language evolution resulted from changes in our biology, behavior, and culture. One source of these changes might be human self-domestication. Williams syndrome (WS) is a clinical condition with a clearly defined genetic basis and resulting in a distinctive behavioral and cognitive profile, including enhanced sociability. In this paper we show evidence that the WS phenotype can be satisfactorily construed as a...

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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/pjdbe

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