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129: They Started It: Children and Language Evolution (with Madeleine Beekman)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language. by Daniel Midgley

Nov 19, 202502:25:50Science & Medicine

We've asked linguists about how language began, but what would an evolutionary biologist tell you? Prof Madeleine Beekman says it's part of a complex web of body, brain, and community, and at the heart of it is (perhaps...

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129: They Started It: Children and Language Evolution (with Madeleine Beekman) is an episode from Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language. by Daniel Midgley. We've asked linguists about how language began, bu...

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Published Nov 19, 2025, 02:25:50 long, audio available.