Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP130104691

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

From signs to symbols: language, mind and niche. Humans use language but our closest relatives - the great apes - do not. Language is immensely valuable to us, so there is a deep puzzle about our evolution. This project investigates how and why humans alone acquired language, in the light of new ideas about human evolution.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 18-01-2013

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $280,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council