Today in humanities class we all read a really interesting article that investigates a scientific mystery, when did we start to talk? This is a very intriguing subject because all different scientists have their opinion on this topic. Some scientists have a theory that the genus Homo has been able to communicate with each other in grunts with Homo Habilis and sophisticated speech by Homo Sapiens. The thing that controls the speech is a small part of the brain that is apparent in all of the genus, Homo even though it's more developed in Homo Sapiens. One of the reasons that we have such effective speech is the fact that we can breath through both our mouth and nose unlike other animals that can only breath through their nose. Some evidence that Homo Erectus used developed speech is that they could hunt in groups and use their highly effective hunting method. So as you can see the evidence that our genus, Homo could use some form of primitivelanguage to developed is pretty strong.
MLA Citation: Miller , Jeanne. "From Grunts to Grammar: the Evolution of Language." Odyssey 1 Oct. 2009: 34-36. Print.
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