Apparently, our genes determine language? This May 31st article in the Economist talks about the natural selection for “communication” genes. People who speak tonal languages (Chinese) have different genes than those who speak non-tonal languages (English). Muy interessante. Words in code May 31st 2007 From The Economist print edition The speakers of tonal and non-tonal [...]
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Linguistics and Genes
June 4, 2007“Beautiful China.”
May 19, 2007Some pretty spectacular photos of the Middle Kingdom can be found here.
