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This time we start from the very beginnings of writing, and move on to just before the invention of alphabets.
Here’s part one of our latest attempted at Episode One.
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The evidence is patchy and your hosts are daffy, but we try to figure out when language began.
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We look at how nonhuman primates use language, compare it to human language use, and guess how one turned into the other.
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An honest signal is useful for the one sending and receiving it. But, dishonest signals tend to destabilize the ability to communicate. How did human language develop when words make it so easy to fib?
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When differing animals meet, they sometimes communicate. Sometimes threats, sometimes lies, sometimes laughter. We take a look at interspecies communication.
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We begin a new subseries this week on language and communication. For starters, let’s have a looksee at how single-celled organisms chat.
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We didn’t notice it was going to be asteroid day until yesterday, but by coincidence, today is all about asteroids.
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Once thought a portent of doom, or a sign of the impending death of kings, nowadays a comet makes a good target to launch a mission at.
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We’ve been putting out episodes on science for five years. There’s no end in sight. You’re welcome, or we’re sorry, depending. In celebration we relax with a freeform episode, even drink a couple of beers. We do drift passed a bit of science, but only by accident.
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If you count it as a planet, it is the furthest away and smallest. Whether or not you think it’s a planet, it might harbor life.
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