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cachukis

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1. Been following for some time.

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat May 20, 2023, 12:46 PM

May 2023

They have found fossils in surprising places.
Been curious about language development and phonemes. There are spoken languages in southwestern Africa that have as many as 45 or 46.
Wonder if there is a correlation to human existence to sophisticated sounds?

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Human-evolution story rewritten by fresh data and more computing power [View all] NNadir May 2023 OP

Been following for some time. cachukis May 2023 #1

It would seem to me that the ability to use language, almost certainly connected with... NNadir May 2023 #2