Recent Issues. Chapter 5: Genes and Behavior. Quote 4

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Recent Issues. Chapter 5: Genes and Behavior. Quote 4

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Post published:December 28, 2018
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“Because no other species has acquired operant control of the vocal musculature, it must have appeared very late, when human genetics had reached essentially its present state.” (p. 54)

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“Because no other species has acquired operant control of the vocal musculature, it must have appeared very late, when human genetics had reached essentially its present state.” (p. 54)

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