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List of figures; Introduction; 1. The faculty of language: what is it,who has it, and how did it evolve? Marc Hauser, Noam Chomsky and W. TecumsehFitch; Part I. Language Architecture: 2. Some simple evo-devo theses: howtrue might they be for language? Noam Chomsky; 3. Your theory of theevolution of language depends on your theory of language Ray Jackendoff; 4.Three meanings of 'recursion': key distinctions for biolinguistics W.Tecumseh Fitch; 5. On obfuscation, obscurantism and opacity: evolvingconceptions of the faculty of language Marc Hauser; Part II. Language andInterface Systems: 6. The evolution of anticipatory cognition as a precursorto symbolic communication Peter Gardenfors and Mathias Osvath; 7. Didlanguage evolve before speech? Michael Corballis; 8. A pragmatic perspectiveon the evolution of language Dan Sperber and Gloria Origgi; Part III.Biological and Neurological Foundations: 9. Canalization and plasticity inthe evolution of linguistic communication: an evolutionary-developmentalapproach Daniel Dor and Eva Jablonka; 10. What is language, that it mighthave evolved, and what is evolution that is may apply to language? MassimoPiattelli-Palmarini; 11. The creative capacity of language, in what manner isit unique, and who had it? Philip Lieberman; 12. Genetics and the evolutionof language: what genetic studies reveal about the evolution of languageKarin Stromswold; Part IV. Anthropological Context: 13. A putative role forlanguage in the origin of human consciousness Ian Tattersall; 14. On twoincompatible theories of language evolution Derek Bickerton; 15. On theevolution of language: implications of a new and general theory of humanevolution, properties and history Paul Bingham; Notes; Index.