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It is not necessary to argue that language diversity caused the evolutionary success of humans. We need only recognize that the knowledge generated b… - H. Russell Bernard
" "It is not necessary to argue that language diversity caused the evolutionary success of humans. We need only recognize that the knowledge generated by all those successfully adapting cultural groups over the millennia is stored in all those thousands of languages now spoken around the world.
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About H. Russell Bernard
Harvey Russell Bernard (born 1940) is an American anthropologist and social scientist, known for his research on social network analysis, for his use of computers to preserve the cultural history of vanishing languages, and for his work on training young anthropologists.
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