According to Pinker and Bloom, How Many Generations Would It

question 59

Multiple Choice

According to Pinker and Bloom, how many generations would it have taken for Neanderthals to become extinct if the acquisition of language produced a 1percent difference in mortality rates among overlapping Neanderthal and human populations?

• A)4000 generations
• B)30 generations
• C)10 generations
• D)30 000 generations

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