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social science subjects > sociology > anthropology > anthropological linguistics > language and biology
social science subjects > linguistics > descriptive linguistics > anthropological linguistics > language and biology

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language and biology  

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  • Both the biologist and the linguist are interested in how language evolved in the natural history of the human species. This process was embedded in the evolution of life from the first self-replicating macromolecules to the wealth of species living today on Earth. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Language and Biology]

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