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How old is written language?
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5000 years
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How old is oral language?
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Unsure. possibly 150,000-200,000 years ago.
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What is evidence lacking in the suggested date for oral language?
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They could have been using language for singing or babbling.
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Why is Africa assumed to be the start of language?
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Africa has the most phonemes.
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What is the gene for speech production and when was it established?
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FOXP2 200,000 years ago.
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2 ways humans can talk?
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descended larynx. human control of facial and mouth musculature.
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When do babies learn phonemes?
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While babbling.
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Why were chimps doomed to fail learning speech?
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They do not have a descended larynx. They do not have the same breath control as we do. They are not good at imitation.
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