The Origins Of Human Language

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This weeks video is about the origins of our species communication and how It's developed into the languages we speak today. As always, thanks for watching and please consider liking and subscribing.

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[Msmargret]

Our commonalities make us strong; our differences make us smart. Human potential deserves our efforts to comprehend our differences and hold them precious. Thanks for a very well done example of why.

[Andy_Babb]

I hope this channel blows up. I would love more full length docs like this

[MirceaDz]

Incredible videos you make kind sir. Thank you for your insights :)

[bethwilliams]

Just found your channel, and wow what an incredible podcast you have! I wish they ran hours! You are a very gifted communicator yourself!

[Truthseeker]

Language is not always verbal and audible. Silent language is also a language. Gesture is, too. Sound, tone, and speech are not only the language.

[ZAYAZOfficial]

My friend, I wish you 1 million subs. Love all of your videos.

[mkbrln]

You have such a relaxing voice.
I want you to narrate my life.

[frakismaximus]

Your reference to Amhersts "infected blanket"... germ theory hadn't even been dreamed up yet. So, that old canard of "bio warfare to genocide the Indians" needs to be put to rest already.

[jmfa]

And thus, history marches on. Just ask my people, the Sami. Nothing changes over the millennia.

[aharris]

One thing to remember though is that if many languages we know today die out in 1000 years, the languages we currently speak today will have split into several others from the dialects that exist today (like how Latin displaced the majority of the mainland-European Celtic languages and others in the regions it conquered, and now there are tons of languages that Latin evolved into) (:

[XaviRonaldo]

17:19 my cousin is married to a Christian from Egypt. TIL they were in such a minority. Less than 10% of the population..

[kygreengrass]

How did it go from the origin of language to small pox and the decline in the native american population then the relocation of the native american population.

[lindaoffenbach]

Not sure how I came here but was hoping for the actual origins of human language. Instead this upload goes through a flow of communication systems of certain animals, drama of extinctions, etc. Hardly anything here in the sense of a cradle is being explained scholarly. From my understanding, Dravidian languages are the oldest from a classical language definition perspective. Proto-Dravidian only has five short and long vowels. I.e., spoken language itself apparently doesn't need much complexity for basic communication. A good example is binary (0 and 1). This entails that the even the earliest primates could communicate verbally rather simple with just a few sound variations, completed by body language. However, the complexer a society develops, the more nuances and refinements are needed. I can only imagine that evolution of the body, brain and internal sound mechanisms all follow hand in hand during human evolution. Why we as species have been able to develop into such complex societies is of course a different debate.

[terfteeps]

I learned a lot about animal communication

[Andy_Babb]

This channel is great. Like ASMR history lol

[wendydomino]

I wanted to learn about the origin of human language like with Homo erectus not hear a story about genocide in historical times.

[Tox_sickle]

Language means in meeteilon langu means somthing move your body part or organ then you have the sound of like Aah or Aazze

[clemsontiger]

The Library of Alexandria was burned down completely 250 years after Caesar. And it's not entirely proven that a fire started there during Caesar's seige of the port during his battle to replace Ptolemy XIV with Cleopatra VII. Where do you get your history from?

[Palimbacchius]

'Hierarchal' is not a word, any more than 'complexicity' (I jumped ship at that one).

[jpsned]

Hmmm. Nice video, but not too much discussion about the origins of human language. Most of it was about either animal communication or how certain human languages were eliminated.