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Topic: Recursive language and modern imagination were acquired simultaneously 70,000 years ago
+Cook My Own Breakfast !!IpftyHSqdT — 6.8 years ago #53,575
A genetic mutation that slowed down the development of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in two or more children may have triggered a cascade of events leading to acquisition of recursive language and modern imagination 70,000 years ago.
This new hypothesis, called Romulus and Remus and coined by Dr. Vyshedskiy, a neuroscientist from Boston University, might be able to solve the long-standing mystery of language evolution. It is published in the open-science journal Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO).
More of this fascinating news item here:
https://phys.org/news/2019-08-recursive-language-modern-simultaneously-years.html·Cook My Own Breakfast !!IpftyHSqdT (OP) — 6.8 years ago, 38 minutes later[T] [B] #567,007
So, this one is very interesting. In case, anthropology is your thing, here is a neat paper on language and its connection to gesture:
http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~nunez/COGS160/Bates_Dick_PS.pdf+Anonymous B — 6.8 years ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #567,147
dicks out for Harambe
+Anonymous C — 6.8 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #567,148
my sisters are romu and remu
·Cook My Own Breakfast !!IpftyHSqdT (OP) — 6.8 years ago, 41 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #567,160
Anthropology is not your thing, that's a safe bet
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