Este limbajul o adaptare sau o exaptare?

Sergiu Bălan explores whether human language is an adaptation or an exaptation, departing from Mircea Dumitru’s evolutionary analysis of meaning. While "adaptationists" like Pinker and Dennett view language as a gradual product of natural selection, Bălan highlights Stephen Jay Gould’s concept of exaptation. This theory suggests language might have emerged as a "spandrel"—a structural by-product of brain complexity—rather than a direct evolutionary goal, offering a controversial but promising alternative for explaining linguistic origins. THIS ABSTRACT IS GENERATED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.