Prof. Simon Kirby - The Language Organism: Evolution, Culture, and What it Means to be Human

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Picked one by one from a mixed channel. Transcript check: Inaugural lecture by Simon Kirby explaining his research on language evolution and cultural learning.. Channel rule: Include only full-length scholarly lectures or lecture series in which an academic or expert explains a subject in science, computing, history, philosophy or theology (e.g., Gifford Lectures, named research lectures). Exclude promotional, student-life, graduation, celebrity, outreach-inspiration, public-debate and political-advocacy videos.

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