Different in degree or kind (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 20:01 (3775 days ago) @ David Turell


> > Matt:But that just tells the story of how selective pressure of hunting resulted in driving humans towards language. We were on the ground before H. Erectus fossils were created.
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> I understand that, but the anatomic changes had to occur before speech could be realized. How did selective pressure create the anatomic changes unless guided by a plan? After all it involved the possibility of choking, and offered no physical survival advantage at the time.-The same way economics works: New circumstances placed new demands. As I posted on the "Origin of Language" thread, once we made the move to large game, for the first time in our history, we had the luxury of free time. What are you going to fill the time with? Its no coincidence that modern humans get bored easily. -Song, dance, all of which would put selective pressure (within the groups) towards those individuals that were capable of making different noises than the rest. Maybe they were touched by angels, but I think genes and luck, and good old-fashioned situational demand. Like I said in the Origin of Language thread, big game meant free time, nomadic lifestyle meant trade, and a drive towards understanding different groups. The anatomic changes could have been a mix of traditional genetic luck (maybe 1:10000 women were really good natural singers) mixed with your epigenetics. Like economics, I see no need for planning here.

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