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Humans are crude linguists from the moment of birth - and perhaps even in the womb - to the extent at least that we can hear spoken sounds and begin to recognize different combinations of language sounds.
Jeffrey Kluger
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Jeffrey Kluger
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: May 21
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