Language acquisition as a biocultural process

This paper describes the process of biocultural evolution and the possible mechanism for human evolution. Two key phenomena for understanding the human being as a result of the biocultural evolution are explained as the nature of language acquisition is shown as an example of biocultural evolution.

Bibliographic Details
Authors: Zavala Olalde, Juan Carlos, Vargas, Luis Alberto
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2012
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:Anales de Antropología
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/30731
Online Access:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/antropologia/article/view/30731
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:evolution
biocultural
biocultural process
acquisition
evolución
biocultura
proceso biocultural
adquisición
Description
Summary:This paper describes the process of biocultural evolution and the possible mechanism for human evolution. Two key phenomena for understanding the human being as a result of the biocultural evolution are explained as the nature of language acquisition is shown as an example of biocultural evolution.