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> [You can imagine a different world in which a number of species developed with different genetically determined linguistic systems. It hasn't happened in evolution. What has happened is that one species has developed, and the genetic structure of this species…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/you-can-imagine-a-different-world-in-which-a-number-of-species/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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