By the way, I agree with the several comments there that the hypothesis mentioned in the article is far from generally accepted by linguists. (That's probably why the underlying scientific study was published in PNAS rather than in Language or Science, where I'd expect a truly path-breaking paper in linguistics to be published.)
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By the way, I agree with the several comments there that the hypothesis mentioned in the article is far from generally accepted by linguists. (That's probably why the underlying scientific study was published in PNAS rather than in Language or Science, where I'd expect a truly path-breaking paper in linguistics to be published.)