1. Introducing the volume Kleanthes K. Grohmann and Cedric Boeckx; 2. Biolinguistics - a historical perspective Lyle Jenkins; 3. Biolinguistics yesterday, today and tomorrow Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini; 4. The philosophical foundations of biolinguistics James McGilvray; Part I. Language Development: 5. (Evidence for) the language instinct Ianthi Maria Tsimpli; 6. Sensitive phases in successive language acquisition: the critical period hypothesis revisited Jürgen M. Meisel; 7. Discovering word forms and word meanings: the role of phrasal prosody and function words Séverine Millotte, Elodie Cauvet, Perrine Brusini and Anne Christophe; 8. Luria's biolinguistic suggestion and the growth of language Ken Wexler; 9. Parameters in language acquisition Lisa Pearl and Jeffrey Lidz; 10. Bilingualism beyond language: on the impact of bilingualism on executive control Mireia Hernández, Clara D. Martin, Núria Sebastián-Gallés and Albert Costa; Part II. Mind, Brain, Behavior: 11. The role of experimental syntax in an integrated cognitive science of language Jon Sprouse and Diogo Almeida; 12. Working memory and language processing: theory, data and directions for future research Matthew Wagers and Brian McElree; 13. Computational primitives in phonology and their neural correlates Philip J. Monahan, Ellen F. Lau and William J. Idsardi; 14. Computational primitives in syntax and possible brain correlates Matthias Schlesewsky and Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky; 15. Computational primitives in morphology and possible brain correlates Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky and Matthias Schlesewsky; 16. Grounding the cognitive neuroscience of semantics in linguistic theory Liina Pylkkänen, Jonathan Brennan and Douglas Bemis; 17. Modularity and descent with modification Gary F. Marcus, Cristina D. Rabaglia and Hugh Rabagliati; 18. The role of Broca's area in language function Gregory Hickok; 19. Lexical retrieval and breakdown in aphasia and developmental language impairment Naama Friedmann, Michal Biran and Dror Dotan; 20. Genetics of language: roots of specific language deficits Antonio Benítez-Burraco; Part III. Language Evolution: 21. The cognitive capacities of non-human primates Klaus Zuberbühler; 22. Birdsong for biolinguistics Kazuo Okanoya; 23. Language, culture and computation: an adaptive systems approach to biolinguistics Simon Kirby; 24. Language and natural selection Derek Bickerton; 25. The fossils of language: what are they? Who has them? How did they evolve? Sergio Balari, Antonio Benítez-Burraco, Víctor M. Longa and Guillermo Lorenzo.