Nic Fay is visiting us from UWA for 6 months, and will be giving a couple of LEC talks to introduce his work. The first of these is next week on Tuesday 14th from 11-12.30 in DSB 1.17. Details below:

Title: Evolution of human communication systems

In this talk I will present evidence (mostly experimental) in favour of an iconic origin for human communication systems.  I will also argue that a social learning mechanism (interaction) drives language from it’s iconic roots to more symbolic forms.

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