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Evolutionary anthropology

the proposal that language evolved from manual gestures before shifting to speech, linked to the rise of right-handedness.

In evolutionary anthropology, gestural origins hypothesis refers to the proposal that language evolved from manual gestures before shifting to speech, linked to the rise of right-handedness. This meaning comes from Corballis (2003) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.[1]

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  1. Corballis, M. C. (2003). From mouth to hand: Gesture, speech, and the evolution of right-handedness. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 26(2), 199-208. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x03000062

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