Human spoken language seems to beadventitious. The exploitation of organ systems with other functions for communication — Carl Sagan, Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Human spoken language seems to beadventitious. The exploitation of organ systems with other functions for communication — Carl Sagan, Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Human spoken language seems to beadventitious. The exploitation of organ systems with other functions for communication — Carl Sagan, Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Human spoken language seems to beadventitious. The exploitation of organ systems with other functions for communication — Carl Sagan, Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Human spoken language seems to beadventitious. The exploitation of organ systems with other functions for communication — Carl Sagan, Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
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Human spoken language seems to beadventitious. The exploitation of organ systems with other functions for communication in humans is also indicative of the comparatively recent evolution of our linguistic abilities.

— Carl Sagan, Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
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