As Reported in the Text, Terrence Deacon Argues That Primate

question 13

Multiple Choice

As reported in the text, Terrence Deacon argues that primate call systems

• A) Do not map onto any of the elements of human symbolic language.
• B) Are directly related to the human use of language.
• C) Allowed our ape ancestors to communicate orally.
• D) And human symbolic language are controlled by the same part of the brain.

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