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Article: Parasites might help in the evolution of language
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- The Hindustan Times
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- June 17, 2008
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London, June 17 -- Scientists have suggested that in the absence of geographical barriers such as mountains and oceans, parasite "wedges" can keep populations of the same species apart, providing the opportunity for populations and even new languages to evolve separately.
According to a report in New Scientist, this theory has been put forward by Corey Fincher and Randy Thornhill of the University of New Mexico in the US.
Fincher and Thornhill say their hypothesis explains the longstanding ecological debate about why it is that biological diversity decreases as you move away from the equator and towards the poles.
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