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Evolution's Great Mystery: Language

This thought-provoking video explores the meaning of language and its biological origins. Language is more than communication. It involves sharing what is in our minds, including stories, opinions, questions, ideas, the past and the future, and imagined times and places. The acquisition of language by humans is a great mystery: Did language shape humanity or did humanity shape language?
Be The Change
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Read about how "old language" helps to define what language is and does.
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Listen to this interview that explores the relationship between language and place. 
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Make time to really listen to the language being spoken around you, both human language and the language of the place where you live. 
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Aaron Zerah
Dear Ones: Yes, we are our stories! Love to hear how Karmatubers - or anyone - see/feel/think/speak/believe about our language history... I'm delving in by writing a series of children's stories - inspired by footprints (the vast majority found at actual archaeological sites around the world) from 6+ million years ago to the near present. The evolution of communication, language and storytelling runs through the whole of Footprints - and especially what comes from and to the children!

In great kindness and joy,

Aaron

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