Jul 7, 2022
7 min read
How Did Humans Acquire Language?
Depends how you define language, and if you think humans were the first animals to have it.
In her Medium article What Was Important Enough For Language to Form?, Katrina Paulson asks why humans developed complex language? She surveys various theories for the advent of human language: to promote tool use, for simian-like social grooming, or fire…
