@inbook {315656,
	title = {Human Variability and the Origins and Evolution of Language},
	booktitle = {On Human Nature: Biology, Psychology, Ethics, Politics, and Religion},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {557{\textendash}564},
	publisher = {Academic Press},
	organization = {Academic Press},
	chapter = {32},
	abstract = {<p><span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, \&quot;Lucida Sans Unicode\&quot;, \&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif\&quot;, \&quot;Segoe UI Symbol\&quot;, STIXGeneral, \&quot;Cambria Math\&quot;, \&quot;Arial Unicode MS\&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: -1.244531273841858px;">In this paper, I argue that relaxed selection{\textemdash}an evolutionary process that contributes to the well-documented effects of gene duplication, diversification, and synergistic gene interactions in evolution{\textemdash}may have also played a significant role in the evolution of the extensive phenotypic plasticity and unprecedented neurological changes in human evolution that support language.</span></p>
},
	keywords = {Brain evolution; Domestication; Evo-devo; Niche construction; Relaxed selection},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-420190-3.00032-6},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124201903000326},
	author = {Deacon, TW}
}
