According to Pinker and Bloom (1992),if the acquisition of language produced a 1% difference in mortality rates among overlapping Neanderthal and human populations,Neanderthals would have become extinct in
A) 10 generations.
B) 30 generations.
C) 4000 generations.
D) 30,000 generations.

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Pinker and Bloom (1992) suggest that even a small advantage, such as a 1% difference in mortality rates due to language acquisition, would lead to the extinction of Neanderthals in about 4000 generations.

According to Pinker and Bloom (1992),if the Acquisition of Language