Hi Mike- Thanks for the link. It proved to be an interesting read. Serendipitously, on the same page was a link to an article entitled:
Psychologist Who Cleared Death Row Inmates Is Reprimanded A Link can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/us/15ttpsychologist.html?src=recg It might be useful for those discussing clinical or forensic ethics. -Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Palij <m...@nyu.edu> Date: Friday, April 15, 2011 3:50 am Subject: [tips] Where Did Language Come From? To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> Cc: Mike Palij <m...@nyu.edu> > The NY Times contains a news story about research reported in a > recent issue of Science: using the methods associated with > tracing the > historical changes in genetics, a historical linguist has > manages to trace > the origin of human language to southern Africa (possibly as far back > as 100,000 years ago). See: > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/science/15language.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2 > > A couple of points: > > (1) Many linguists are skeptical about the method of > analysis, in part, > because linguists don't use this type of analysis (bayesian phylogeny) > and are not familiar with it. > > (2) Interesting quote: > |“Language was our secret weapon, and as soon we got language we > |became a really dangerous species,” he said. > > Word. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: dap...@shaw.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18&n=T&l=tips&o=10034or > send a blank email to > leave-10034-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > Don Allen Retired professor Langara College --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=10057 or send a blank email to leave-10057-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
