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The next Theory of Evolution

Abstract

New evidence from large language models and animal communication challenges human linguistic exceptionalism. Drawing on historical parallels between linguistics and evolutionary biology, this comment argues that new evidence from non-human linguistic behavior could transform humanity's relationship with the natural world.

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