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Author Correction: The evolutionary dynamics of how languages signal who does what to whom.

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SUBMITTER: Shcherbakova O

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11291693 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

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Author Correction: The evolutionary dynamics of how languages signal who does what to whom.

Shcherbakova Olena O Blasi Damián E DE Gast Volker V Skirgård Hedvig H Gray Russell D RD Greenhill Simon J SJ

Scientific reports 20240731 1

PMID: 39085308

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