Tuesday, November 22, 2011

From Grunts to Grammar

Miller, Jeanne. "From Grunts to Grammar: The Evolution of Language." Odyssey: Adventures in Science

Oct. 2009: 34-36. Print.

Language, how, and why? Well, around 2.5 million years ago language was just getting started it was not like how we communicate now. We might have started to speak as steps to making tools got more complex and they needed a wider explanation to make it. Also it is easier to warn if something is coming. 35 to 40 years ago we started to communicate with a complex language which is part of the reason we are thriving now. We started to speak because our larynes started to go down our throat a bit so we could talk.

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