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  1. The origin of language, its relationship with human evolution, and its consequences have been subjects of study for centuries.Scholars wishing to study the origins of language must draw inferences from evidence such as the fossil record, archaeological evidence, contemporary language diversity, studies of language acquisition, and comparisons between human language and systems of animal ...

  2. Sep 1, 2017 · 5. The evolution of language. The foregoing presentation of the evolution of writing from concrete to abstract implements was meant to serve as a tangible illustration of the evolution of language. Like writing, language was built step by step and it was built by a population without a linguistically prewired brain.

    • Bernard H. Bichakjian
    • 2017
  3. Feb 3, 2016 · To those of us who study human evolution, this incredible universality suggests that our species has had language right from when Homo sapiens arose in Africa between 200,000 and 160,000 years ago ...

    • Mark Pagel
  4. e. The evolution of languages or history of language includes the evolution, divergence and development of languages throughout time, as reconstructed based on glottochronology, comparative linguistics, written records and other historical linguistics techniques. The origin of language is a hotly contested topic, with some languages tentatively ...

  5. How did languages evolve? - BBC Science Focus Magazine

  6. Jul 24, 2017 · Human language is unique among all forms of animal communication. It is unlikely that any other species, including our close genetic cousins the Neanderthals, ever had language, and so-called sign ‘language’ in Great Apes is nothing like human language. Language evolution shares many features with biological evolution, and this has made it useful for tracing recent human history and for ...

  7. Sep 1, 2018 · 10 min read. The Cultural Origins of Language. What makes language distinctly human. By Christine Kenneally. Victo Ngai. Dolphins name one another, and they click and whistle about their lives or ...

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