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• NS: Baby apes' arm waving hints at origins of language
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• NYT: Profiles in science: Steven Pinker, human nature's pathologist
• SD: How the brain strings words into sentences
• BBC: St Andrews scientists ask if whales have dialects
• SD: Ravens gesture with their beaks to point out objects to each other
• SD: Is there a central brain area for hearing melodies and speech cues? Still an open question