From the beginning, Kirby was fascinated by the idea that not only is language something that we learn from others, but it is something that is passed down through generations of learners.
Culture also plays a critical role for Simon Kirby, a cognitive scientist who runs the Center for Language Evolution at the University of Edinburgh. From the beginning, Kirby was fascinated by the idea that not only is language something that we learn from others, but it is something that is passed down through generations of learners. What impact did the repeated act of learning have on language itself?