Plants that were better at retaining insects or water therefore had a selective advantage.

But, he said, "I think the burden is on the selectionists to produce the selective advantage."

Related to the possible selective advantage of language is the issue of genetic background.

Q. How does the capacity for low mood give a selective advantage?

This saving is a significant selective advantage, since the human nervous system uses approximately 20% of the body's metabolic energy.

This gives support to the theory of its selective advantage.

It has also been proposed that age provides a selective advantage to brains over brawn.

Plants that were better at holding water and insects therefore had a selective advantage.

It is believed to confer a selective advantage during competition with bacteria for food sources.

One of these missing themes is the selective advantage of early language.