Date: April 16, 2010
Location: Auditorium 1007 – UFMG School of Letters

Speech and language are unique capabilities of Homo sapiens among all primates. This lecture will discuss the origin of speech and language in phylogenetic evolution, as well as their anchoring in the human central nervous system.

Speaker: Professor Rafael Laboissière – National Institute of Health and Medical Research, France.

Panelists: Professor Thaïs Cristófaro – UFMG School of Letters. Professor Márcio Moraes – UFMG Institute of Biological Sciences.