Open plains are not a level playing field for hominid consonant‑like versus vowel‑like calls
(2023)
Journal Article
Africa’s paleo-climate change represents an “ecological black-box” along the evolutionary timeline of spoken language; a vocal hominid went in and, millions of years later, out came a verbal human. It is unknown whether or how a shift from forested,... Read More about Open plains are not a level playing field for hominid consonant‑like versus vowel‑like calls.