William L. Abler or simply known as Bill Abler was a paleontologist who has mostly studied the teeth of

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and also proposed a radical theory of human language that sees it sharing the same fundamental principles as mathematics and algebra. He has studied tyrannosaurine teeth and has concluded that ''

Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' is a genus of large theropoda, theropod dinosaur. The species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (''rex'' meaning "king" in Latin), often called ''T. rex'' or colloquially ''T-Rex'', is one of the best represented theropods. ''Tyrannosa ...

'' had infectious

saliva Saliva (commonly referred to as spit) is an extracellular fluid produced and secreted by salivary glands in the mouth. In humans, saliva is around 99% water, plus electrolytes, mucus, white blood cells, epithelial cells (from which DNA can be ...

that could have helped it kill prey. In modern animals this saliva can be seen in many

monitor lizard Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus ''Varanus,'' the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the Americas as an invasive species. About 80 species are recogn ...

s, such as '' Varanus komodoensis'', commonly known as the Komodo dragon or Komodo monitor. He has written papers and books on paleontology, one of them is ''The Teeth of the Tyrannosaurs''. Abler's most significant area of study is a decades-long investigation of the nature of human mind, language and mathematics, which he sees as unified and subject to the same first principles. Beginning in 1989 through to his 2005 book ''Structure of Matter, Structure of Mind: Man's Place in Nature, Reconsidered,'' Abler proposes a theory of language based on its commonalities with algebra and arithmetic and centred on sentence symmetry and their equivalence with mathematical equations. Abler, who refers to his theory the ''numberline principle,'' rejects the dominant assumption that language arose as a result of natural selection in humans. Abler's theory, described as of "extraordinary originality," Book Review, Structure of Matter, Structure of Mind: Man's Place in Nature, Reconsidered
Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol 82, No 1, March 2007 it has not found widespread attention or support to date.

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