CeJ jannuzi
Why did we need dogs to develop gesturing. We could gesture to people.
But drove forward that development? There is a really cute program on
TV here in Japan that shows the adventures of a chimpanzee (who is
very socialized to humans) who is paired up with a bull dog. The two
animals
Carrol Cox wrote:
This was a fascinating post, I learned a lot from it.
But it seems to me the understandings of language and change it
describes could be expressed in other terms than the metaphor of
evolution. Natural selection, applied to human history, including the
history of
CB: You're the linguist. But to me, the essence of language is
symbolling. Using something to represent something that it is not.
The co-operation of dogs and humans was most likely very adaptive for
dogs. I bet their population is a lot bigger than that of wolves ,
now.
But the theory about
This was a fascinating post, I learned a lot from it.
But it seems to me the understandings of language and change it
describes could be expressed in other terms than the metaphor of
evolution. Natural selection, applied to human history, including the
history of language, seems to caught up in
Languages (that is, communities of speakers who use a language or a form of
it in communication) in their current state of play (parole, collective
performance) have to balance competing but not negating, for want of a
better word, 'principles' of 'redundancy' and 'efficiency'. Without
redundancy,
One interesting theory is about what separates our line of development
from other homonids--co-evolution with another highly intelligent,
highly social animal--dogs. This might lead us down other areas of
inquiry, such as , if human language first devloped as gesture, did it
develop with canines ,
Why did we need dogs to develop gesturing. We could gesture to people.
On 3/31/10, CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote:
One interesting theory is about what separates our line of development
from other homonids--co-evolution with another highly intelligent,
highly social animal--dogs. This might lead
Why did we need dogs to develop gesturing. We could gesture to people.
But drove forward that development? There is a really cute program on
TV here in Japan that shows the adventures of a chimpanzee (who is
very socialized to humans) who is paired up with a bull dog. The two
animals do
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0858699.html
Encyclopedia—human evolution
The Evolution of Culture
Among hominids, a parallel evolutionary process involving increased
intelligence and cultural complexity is apparent in the material
record. Evidence of greater behavioral flexibility and
