Chris: and why on Earth would you exclude the communication of plants etc. from the broad meaning of "language"? (They don't have a blabbermouth). JM
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 3:13 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > *From:* everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto: > everything-list@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Paul King > > > > >>We learn of each other by interacting.... this becomes communication > once languages emerge... > > > > Want to point out that important communication occurs in nature without > what we would commonly term language being used. For example, it appears > there exists a widespread intra & trans-species chemical based signaling > system operating amongst plants species (at least amongst those studied), > where they are communicating the presence of pathogens and predator species > to other nearby plants, in a fairly specific manner that seems to be > “understood” by other plants who respond to these specific chemical signals > in a timely and appropriate manner. > > -Chris > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
