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The result was: promoted by  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:23, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Neurobiological origins of language

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• ... that language may have evolved from gesturing?

Created/expanded by AndFred (talk). Self nom at 23:40, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

I removed nonexistent user Andrew Lilja from "Created/expanded by" line, and from DYKmake. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:17, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

• Moved to mainspace on 6 May, so counts as new. Length of article and hook are OK. Not sure about the hook -- neither of the sentences mentioning gestures is sourced, and one source says it's a "particularly contentious model". --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 18:37, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

• Well, those two sentences aren't followed directly by a footnote, but they are sourced. How about:

• ALT1: ... that two regions of the brain, Broca's and Wernicke's areas, are responsible for humans' ability to produce and comprehend language?--Carabinieri (talk) 16:44, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

• . Intriguing article; I'd love to see it expanded to explain which of the mentioned theories are supported to which degree by the scientific community. --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 16:15, 20 May 2012 (UTC)