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We were really excited to get a chance to talk with Dr. Tecumseh Fitch! Dr. Fitch is an evolutionary biologist and cognitive scientist who received his PhD from Brown University, and is now a professor in the Department of Cognitive Biology at the University of Vienna. He’s published extensively on the evolution of speech, language, and music, and is the author of the 2010 book The Evolution of Language.
In our interview, we discussed the following topics:
- his recent research on whether it’s anatomy or neurology holding back monkeys from speech
- his thoughts on Darwin’s hypotheses about how language may have evolved
- how to come up with good hypotheses about how language evolved, given that it doesn’t leave fossils
- what he believes is different about humans that led to the development of language
… and more! Thanks to Dr. Fitch for talking with us. Looking forward to hearing what people have to say!
