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Nature Neuroscience 11, 382–384 (1 April 2008) | doi:10.1038/nn0408-382

Language evolution: neural differences that make a difference

Asif A Ghazanfar

Language may well be what makes us human. As far back as 400 BC, Isocrates suggested that we avoid “living like animals” through our ability to communicate to each other via language, which gives us the capacity to build cities, make laws, invent art and so on.