The researchers were interested in studying the evolution of language ...

研究人员对语言的进化很感兴趣。

Kirby designed an experiment to simulate the evolution of language inside his lab.

柯比设计了一个实验来模拟他实验室内语言的演变。

This is the problem that anthropologist Robin Dunbar believes spurred the evolution of language.

- 这是人类学家罗宾·邓巴认为刺激了语言进化的问题。

While some scientists were studying the evolution of language, another group was learning about bacterial evolution.

当一些科学家正在研究语言的进化时，另一组科学家正在研究细菌的进化。

I doubt you'll be surprised when I say that the evolution of language was slow and laborious.

当我说语言的进化缓慢而费力时，我怀疑你会感到惊讶。

As to what that could mean about the evolution of language: imagine our early ancestors when they started using spoken words to refer to things.

想象一下我们的早期祖先开始使用口语来指代事物。

Research in psychology has stated that the evolution of language may play a role in attracting potential partners and keeping their interest in you going on.

心理学研究表明，语言的进化可能在吸引潜在伴侣并保持他们对你的兴趣方面发挥作用。

Interdisciplinary centers sprang up devoted specifically to the evolution of language, including at the University of Zurich and the University of Edinburgh.

专门研究语言进化的跨学科中心如苏黎世大学和爱丁堡大学等纷纷涌现。

Now, one way of representing the evolution of languages, showing the way languages are related to each other, is with the family tree model.

现在，一种表示语言演变的方法，显示语言彼此相关的方式， 是使用家谱模型。

For centuries, the linguistic utterances of Homo sapiens have been positioned as unique in nature, justifying our dominion over other species and shrouding the evolution of language in mystery.

几个世纪以来，智人的语言表达一直被认为是自然界中独一无二的，这证明了我们对其他物种的统治地位，并使语言的进化笼罩在神秘之中。

Though many of these terms have been around for decades, oftentimes derived from the language of Black and queer communities, online spaces have made the spread, appropriation, and evolution of language more rapid than ever before.

尽管其中许多术语已经存在了几十年，而且通常源自黑人和酷儿社区的语言，但在线空间使语言的传播、挪用和演变比以往任何时候都更加迅速。