Ep 350: Who said what when, and how?
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Who said what when, and how?
The evidence is patchy and your hosts are daffy, but we try to figure out when language began.
Here’s an article on an experiment to see how much language helps when teaching others how to make stone tools.
Human language may have evolved to help our ancestors make tools
Here’s an article about the human fossils found in Morocco that have changed the entire story.
Scientists Have Found the Oldest Known Human Fossils
And here’s a talk on how language could possibly have begun with gestures.