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New Research Suggests Human Language Evolved More Than 135,000 Years Ago

By Emma Taggart

https://mymodernmet.com/human-language-history/?utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_source=convertkit&utm_term=05262025&utm_medium=email&sh_kit=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f

Full paper:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1503900/full

Linguistics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=linguistics

#linguistics #genomics

May 27 at 9:07amWeb
Show threadJoshMay 27

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And see where it’s gotten us...

Show threadNoodlemazMay 27
@gutenberg_org I read 'Human League' at first. Thought I'd stumbled on a shitpost
Show threadWesDymMay 29
@gutenberg_org I would have guessed much longer -- at least as long as our sub-species has been around (200+ky), and likely longer. There'd be little no available EVIDENCE of that now, nor should we expect it, but I think it's a very reasonable supposition to make.
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Project GutenbergMay 27

New Research Suggests Human Language Evolved More Than 135,000 Years Ago

By Emma Taggart

https://mymodernmet.com/human-language-history/?utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_source=convertkit&utm_term=05262025&utm_medium=email&sh_kit=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f

Full paper:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1503900/full

Linguistics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=linguistics

#linguistics #genomics

Show threadJoshMay 27

@gutenberg_org

And see where it’s gotten us...

Show threadNoodlemazMay 27
@gutenberg_org I read 'Human League' at first. Thought I'd stumbled on a shitpost
Show threadWesDymMay 29
@gutenberg_org I would have guessed much longer -- at least as long as our sub-species has been around (200+ky), and likely longer. There'd be little no available EVIDENCE of that now, nor should we expect it, but I think it's a very reasonable supposition to make.