S.A., was born in I9I6 (Ph.D., Yale University, I939). Although he has worked in almost every phase of pure and applied linguistics, his central concern is shown by the present paper and by a few earlier ones (cited in the bibliography) on closely related topics. ROBERT ASCHER, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University, U.S.A., was born in I93I (Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, i960). His interests are expressed in publications dealing with size estimation of prehistoric populations, human evolution and interstellar communication, ethnographic analogy in archaeology, computer-aided chronological ordering, and the logic of the experimental method in archaeology. Currently he is concerned with biocultural evolution and problems of relative time. The present article, submitted to CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY on May 2i, I963, represents a departure from traditional CA* treatment in that it was first sent to 7 scholars of whom the following responded with comments: Weston La Barre, Frank B. Livingstone, and George G. Simpson. Authors Hockett and Ascher then wrote a reply and the whole (article, 3 comments, and reply) was sent for CA* treatment to 57 scholars of whom the following responded with written comments:
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