I Introduction -- 1 Computer Simulation: A New Scientific Approach to the Study of Language Evolution -- 2 An Introduction to Methods for Simulating the Evolution of Language -- II Evolution of Signaling Systems -- 3 Adaptive Factors in the Evolution of Signaling Systems -- 4 Evolving Sound Systems -- 5 The Evolution of Dialect Diversity -- III Evolution of Syntax -- 6 The Emergence of Linguistic Structure: An Overview of the Iterated Learning Model -- 7 Population Dynamics of Grammar Acquisition -- 8 The Role of Sequential Learning in Language Evolution: Computational and Experimental Studies -- IV Grounding of Language -- 9 Symbol Grounding and the Symbolic Theft Hypothesis -- 10 Grounding Symbols through Evolutionary Language Games -- V Behavioral and Neural Factors -- 11 Grounding the Mirror System Hypothesis for the Evolution of the Language-ready Brain -- 12 A Unified Simulation Scenario for Language Development, Evolution, and Historical Change -- VI Auto-organization and Dynamic Factors -- 13 Auto-organization and Emergence of Shared Language Structure -- 14 The Constructive Approach to the Dynamic View of Language -- VII Conclusion -- 15 Some Facts about Primate (including Human) Communication and Social Learning -- Author Index.