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| 1990 | - | Language and Species - Bickerton | :: | 87 |
| 2002 | - | Learning, Bottlenecks and the Evolution of Recursive Syntax - Kirby | :: | 86 |
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| 1998 | - | Protolanguage as a holistic system for social interaction - Wray | :: | 36 |
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| 1996 | - | Historical linguistics - Trask | :: | 18 |
| 2003 | - | Symbol and structure: a comprehensive framework for language evolution - Bickerton | :: | 7 |
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