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<DIV><FONT style='face: "Times' newroman?="">Protolang 2019: Upcoming deadlines
of January 15th for Satellite Events & <BR>Symposia; Talks & Posters by
February 1st, 2019<BR><BR>The 6th edition of the Protolang conference series
will take place in <BR>Lisbon, Portugal from 9 to 12 September, 2019 at the
Calouste Gulbenkian <BR>Foundation.<BR><BR>WEBSITE<BR></FONT><A
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style='face: "Times' newroman?="">CFA<BR>We invite scholars from A(rcheology) to
Z(oology) to contribute data, <BR>experimental and theoretical
research.<BR><BR>THEMES<BR>The 2019 conference additionally calls out for
contributions on the <BR>following 5 themes:<BR>1 Paleolithic Cosmologies: How
Hominins conceptualized Matter, <BR>Space/Ecology, Time, Words &
Numbers<BR>2 Defining Protolanguage and the Biological, Cognitive, and Cultural
<BR>Mechanisms and Processes whereby it evolved<BR>3 History, Philosophy and
Methodologies to Study Primate and Human <BR>Cognition, Communication &
Culture<BR>4 Multimodal Theories in Primate Communication and
(Proto)Language<BR>5 Modelling of Language Evolution (trees, networks, agent and
<BR>populationdynamics)<BR><BR>INVITED SPEAKERS<BR>Roslyn M. Frank, Tania
Kuteva, Rafael Núñez, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Catherine <BR>Hobaiter, Klaus
Zuberbühler, Alexandre C. Caldas<BR><BR>INVITED SESSIONS<BR>*Evolution of
language from perspectives of hierarchical complexity - <BR>Chaired by Misato
Hayashi<BR>*Emotional and cognitive processes in communication in humans and
other <BR>primates - Chaired by Augusta Gaspar & Ana Margarida
Abrantes<BR>*Ontogeny and Evolutionary Processes - Chaired by Olga
Vasileva<BR>*Pantolang - Chaired by Przemyslaw Żywiczynski<BR>*Integrated
perspectives on gesture - Chaired by Isabel Galhano-Rodrigues, <BR>Anabela
Cruz-Santos and Ana Mineiro<BR>*The Grammar of Tool Use: Converging Processes in
Grammar and Compositional <BR>Tool manufacture - Chaired by Natalie Uomini and
Antonella Tramacere<BR>*The language of Iberian rock art - Chaired by Nuno
Ribeiro and Anabela <BR>Joaquinito<BR>*Skyscape Archaeology in the longue durée:
Insights from Cultural Astronomy <BR>applied to the deep past - Chaired by
Roslyn Frank, Fabio Silva, and Luís <BR>Tirapicos<BR>*Beyond material culture:
Reconstructing the contents of paleolithic <BR>philosophies - Chaired by
Nathalie Gontier<BR>*Language Evolution at the Crossroad between Comparative and
Phylogenetic <BR>Linguistics - Chaired by Gerd Carling<BR>*Computational Models
in Language Evolution - Chaired by Roland Mühlenbernd <BR>and Taraka
Rama<BR><BR>ABOUT PROTOLANG<BR>The Protolang conference series creates an
interdisciplinary platform for<BR>scholarly discussion on the origins of
symbolic communication distinctive of<BR>human beings.<BR>The thematic focus of
Protolang is on delineating the genetic, anatomical,<BR>neuro-cognitive,
socio-cultural, semiotic, symbolic and ecological<BR>requirements for evolving
(proto)language. Sign use, tools, cooperative<BR>breeding, pointing,
vocalisation, intersubjectivity, bodily mimesis,<BR>planning and navigation are
among many examples of such possible factors<BR>through which hominins have
gained a degree of specificity that is not found<BR>in other forms of animal
communication and cognition.<BR>We aim at identifying the proximate and ultimate
causes as well as the<BR>mechanisms by which these requirements evolved;
evaluating the<BR>methodologies, research tools and simulation techniques; and
enabling<BR>extended and vigorous exchange of ideas across disciplinary
borders.<BR><BR>ORGANIZERS<BR>Protolang 6 is organized by the Applied
Evolutionary Epistemology Lab and<BR>the Primate Cognition Research Group of the
Center for Philosophy of Science<BR>of the Faculty of Science of the University
of Lisbon; the William James<BR>Center for Research of ISPA - University
Institute of Psychological, Social<BR>and Life Sciences (ISPA - Instituto
Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas,<BR>Sociais e da Vida); the Católica
Research Center for Psychological, Family<BR>and Social Well-Being of the
Catholic University of Lisbon (Universidade<BR>Católica Portuguesa); and the
Portuguese Association for Archaeological<BR>Investigation (APIA - Associação
Portuguesa de Investigação Arqueológica).<BR>Protolang 6 is additionally
sponsored by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation;<BR>the Portuguese Foundation
for Science and Technology; FCiências.ID, the<BR>Association for the
Investigation and Development of the Sciences of the<BR>Faculty of Science of
the University of Lisbon; SEAC - the European Society<BR>for Astronomy in
Culture; and the Philosophy of Formal Sciences,<BR>Epistemology and Methodology
division of the Center for Philosophy of<BR>Science.
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