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Aug 11, 2010 · Most of us do it every day without even thinking about it, yet talking is a uniquely human ability. Not only do humans have evolved brains that process and produce language and syntax, but we...
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Jul 16, 2013 · Why, in a world full of ideas to discover, develop, and discuss, do people spend the majority of their time talking about themselves? Recent research suggests a simple explanation: because...
Jun 24, 2015 · Perhaps we acquired language—and no other species did—because we were the only species with something to talk about. Here is my reasoning.
- Mark Pagel
Aug 13, 2020 · That’s what Prof. Katherine Kinzler of the University of Chicago argues in her new book, How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do—And What It Says About You —an innovative exploration of how speech creates and deepens our social biases, starting from the point of view of children.
In his discussion of why only humans have language, science writer Tom Siegfried gets a lot right, but he misses the crucial reason: It’s true that humans, and humans alone, evolved the complex set of voice, hearing and brain-processing skills enabling full-scale sophisticated vocal communication.
Jul 5, 2013 · The Neuroscience of Speaking With Your Hands. Scientists discover why we gesticulate when speaking. Posted July 5, 2013. Scientists have found that the evolution of the control of speech and...
Aug 10, 2018 · Instead of attributing speech skills to humans’ allegedly superior intelligence, the study suggests that speech evolved in conjunction with the rewiring of human brains.
