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Anon is an anthropologist (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

As IoaExMachina correctly highlighted, language predates those 10k years.

For reference, Proto-Afro-Asiatic (ancestor of Egyptian, all Semitic languages, Amazigh, plus a lot others) is believed to have been spoken 12k~18k years ago. So... like, it was already old back then, and yet it has modern descendants.

And the role of language is probably not just communication, it's also to formalise thought. It's easier to think with language than without it, and you can reach more reliable conclusions.