When did #human #language emerge?
A new analysis suggests our language capacity existed at least 135,000 years ago, with language used widely perhaps 35,000 years after that
#evolution #linguistics #genetics #languages #archaeology #HumanLanguage

🔗: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1503900/full

https://news.mit.edu/2025/when-did-human-language-emerge-0314

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲?” 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗺𝘀𝗸𝘆 -

Chomsky's argument that human language and cognition are conditioned by biology is briefly unpacked as he traces both the nature of external (E-) and internal (I- / grammar) language facility and the history of thinkers who wrestled with it. Thick but enlightening.

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