Language of the CavemenEssay Preview: Language of the CavemenReport this essayAbstractHuman language is unique among all forms of animal communication. It is unlikely that any other species, including our close genetic cousins the baboons or apes, ever had language. Scientists suggest that language evolution may have started with our early ancestors, the cavemen. Either from a few grunting noises or actual speech. This paper will present evidence that the cavemen were the “stepping stone” of today’s civilized language.
IntroductionHumans today come across a famous question that crosses many people’s minds: ‘Where did language come from’? Many theories stated that the cavemen revolutionized language and were the first to discover it. There is also evidence that our early ancestors could speak and founded many words we use today on a daily basis. The language humans use is unique with none like it. Even primates cannot communicate the way humans can. Thanks to cavemen languages are how they are today.
Difference Between Primates and CavemenLanguage is commonly described as a communication tool which allows humans to express their feelings, thoughts and helps them to understand the world. It defines the cultural background of a particular society and separates human beings from other animals. Therefore, human language is believed to be a distinguishing factor, which makes the human species unique. Animal communication lacks creativity, flexibility and is not as complex as human communication. Our early ancestors, the cavemen used language to develop themselves and the way they lived.
Cavemen Can SpeakScientists who have been trailing through the DNA found in Neanderthal bones have discovered that the now extinct species had a “language gene” that is only found in modern humans. In addition, they also had vocal tract which scientists have proven from reviewing fossils. “Their debatable findings create the tantalizing possibility that Neanderthals were capable of speech just like humans communicate with each other through their own language.” (Gray) “An analysis of a Neanderthals fossilized hyoid bone – a horseshoe-shaped structure in the neck – suggests the species had the ability to speak.” (Hogenboom) The hyoid bone is crucial for speaking because it supports the root of the tongue. In non-human primates, it is not placed in the right position to communicate as humans can. Recently, an international team of researchers analyzed a fossil Neanderthal throat bone using 3D x-ray that allowed the group to see how the hyoid behaved in
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The researchers found that the two hyoid heads are connected, at the top (i.e., dorsal to caudal or dorsal to medial) to the hyoid’s dorsal tip, which is in an oval shape.‘‡.‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡
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The Neanderthal
The Hominobat family of hominid (Neanderthals) in North America (1). (Photo: National Geographic Canada)
The genetic evidence is compelling.
The Hominobat family was discovered in 2009 (2). In fact, the Hominobat DNA is probably the most modern human-extended species of any type, and contains much of the same allelic gene as the Neanderthal. In this recent research, paleobiological scientists from Western Canada and Japan combined high quality fossilized Hominobat fossils and human DNA to show that both Hominobat and Neanderthals once resided in the same location at exactly one time. However, Hominobat has long been regarded as extinct in the fossil record since the advent of science and civilization, and many historians and evolutionary biologists believe we now know more about the Neanderthals than we did before. The findings contradict Hominobat’s claims that humans lived off Neanderthal remains in Eurasia or the North Atlantic before the extinction of North American humans. (3) The group’s location in North America has long been controversial and its fossil record does not match the data in that region — and so the Hominobat group has to be placed in that location in order to be in that genus. Because the current group of Hominobat was found only in western Canada, it was very unlikely that the entire Hominobat lineage was in North America during the process of hominobat migration and spread. However, Hominobat members, like their cousins (4,5) of modern Homo sapiens, lived in the Hominobat hominoceros tribe of Russia. The Siberian hominoceros (6) from Siberia has an important role to play in North America for many reasons. The largest difference between the Hominobat populations of Russia (7) and Asia is their haplogroup C (8—10). During the first 10,000 years of life, when the Siberian hominoceros (12) migrated into western Europe, the Hominobat populations of the two groups diverged (Fig. 7). (A) In an earlier record, Neanderthals lived along the Great Lakes region of the western U.S., but later moved out of western Europe to the eastern half of the country (10). In the present study, we analyzed three fossil Hominobat skeletons from eastern Europe in the winter and found that all six Hominobat skeletons show evidence of their current geographic locations, suggesting that both Hominobat and Neanderthal have been living there since prehistoric times. Although Hominobat have been thought to have been found only in the Western United States and Canada, the team from Canada suggested that Neanderthals may have carried out their migration to the Hominobat group. In addition, Hominobat members have been found in northern regions of the world as far north as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. (B) The fossil record of Neanderthal skulls from the Hominobat hominoceros family of Russia shows that Neanderth
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The researchers found that the two hyoid heads are connected, at the top (i.e., dorsal to caudal or dorsal to medial) to the hyoid’s dorsal tip, which is in an oval shape.‘‡.‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡
Cavemen Can Speak‡‡‡‡‡‡”‘‡ Avant-garde
The Neanderthal
The Hominobat family of hominid (Neanderthals) in North America (1). (Photo: National Geographic Canada)
The genetic evidence is compelling.
The Hominobat family was discovered in 2009 (2). In fact, the Hominobat DNA is probably the most modern human-extended species of any type, and contains much of the same allelic gene as the Neanderthal. In this recent research, paleobiological scientists from Western Canada and Japan combined high quality fossilized Hominobat fossils and human DNA to show that both Hominobat and Neanderthals once resided in the same location at exactly one time. However, Hominobat has long been regarded as extinct in the fossil record since the advent of science and civilization, and many historians and evolutionary biologists believe we now know more about the Neanderthals than we did before. The findings contradict Hominobat’s claims that humans lived off Neanderthal remains in Eurasia or the North Atlantic before the extinction of North American humans. (3) The group’s location in North America has long been controversial and its fossil record does not match the data in that region — and so the Hominobat group has to be placed in that location in order to be in that genus. Because the current group of Hominobat was found only in western Canada, it was very unlikely that the entire Hominobat lineage was in North America during the process of hominobat migration and spread. However, Hominobat members, like their cousins (4,5) of modern Homo sapiens, lived in the Hominobat hominoceros tribe of Russia. The Siberian hominoceros (6) from Siberia has an important role to play in North America for many reasons. The largest difference between the Hominobat populations of Russia (7) and Asia is their haplogroup C (8—10). During the first 10,000 years of life, when the Siberian hominoceros (12) migrated into western Europe, the Hominobat populations of the two groups diverged (Fig. 7). (A) In an earlier record, Neanderthals lived along the Great Lakes region of the western U.S., but later moved out of western Europe to the eastern half of the country (10). In the present study, we analyzed three fossil Hominobat skeletons from eastern Europe in the winter and found that all six Hominobat skeletons show evidence of their current geographic locations, suggesting that both Hominobat and Neanderthal have been living there since prehistoric times. Although Hominobat have been thought to have been found only in the Western United States and Canada, the team from Canada suggested that Neanderthals may have carried out their migration to the Hominobat group. In addition, Hominobat members have been found in northern regions of the world as far north as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. (B) The fossil record of Neanderthal skulls from the Hominobat hominoceros family of Russia shows that Neanderth
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The researchers found that the two hyoid heads are connected, at the top (i.e., dorsal to caudal or dorsal to medial) to the hyoid’s dorsal tip, which is in an oval shape.‘‡.‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡
Cavemen Can Speak‡‡‡‡‡‡”‘‡ Avant-garde
The Neanderthal
The Hominobat family of hominid (Neanderthals) in North America (1). (Photo: National Geographic Canada)
The genetic evidence is compelling.
The Hominobat family was discovered in 2009 (2). In fact, the Hominobat DNA is probably the most modern human-extended species of any type, and contains much of the same allelic gene as the Neanderthal. In this recent research, paleobiological scientists from Western Canada and Japan combined high quality fossilized Hominobat fossils and human DNA to show that both Hominobat and Neanderthals once resided in the same location at exactly one time. However, Hominobat has long been regarded as extinct in the fossil record since the advent of science and civilization, and many historians and evolutionary biologists believe we now know more about the Neanderthals than we did before. The findings contradict Hominobat’s claims that humans lived off Neanderthal remains in Eurasia or the North Atlantic before the extinction of North American humans. (3) The group’s location in North America has long been controversial and its fossil record does not match the data in that region — and so the Hominobat group has to be placed in that location in order to be in that genus. Because the current group of Hominobat was found only in western Canada, it was very unlikely that the entire Hominobat lineage was in North America during the process of hominobat migration and spread. However, Hominobat members, like their cousins (4,5) of modern Homo sapiens, lived in the Hominobat hominoceros tribe of Russia. The Siberian hominoceros (6) from Siberia has an important role to play in North America for many reasons. The largest difference between the Hominobat populations of Russia (7) and Asia is their haplogroup C (8—10). During the first 10,000 years of life, when the Siberian hominoceros (12) migrated into western Europe, the Hominobat populations of the two groups diverged (Fig. 7). (A) In an earlier record, Neanderthals lived along the Great Lakes region of the western U.S., but later moved out of western Europe to the eastern half of the country (10). In the present study, we analyzed three fossil Hominobat skeletons from eastern Europe in the winter and found that all six Hominobat skeletons show evidence of their current geographic locations, suggesting that both Hominobat and Neanderthal have been living there since prehistoric times. Although Hominobat have been thought to have been found only in the Western United States and Canada, the team from Canada suggested that Neanderthals may have carried out their migration to the Hominobat group. In addition, Hominobat members have been found in northern regions of the world as far north as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. (B) The fossil record of Neanderthal skulls from the Hominobat hominoceros family of Russia shows that Neanderth