Introduction
âMan is a multi-sensorial being; occasionally he verbalises.â
Ray Birdwhistell, American anthropologist
How it all started
Occasionally he verbalises! Even before you uttered a word you could communicate. Every mother knows her babyâs different cries â the cry for hunger, the cry of discomfort, the cry of pain and the cry for not getting your own way. Even before you understood a word you understood a smile, a frown and perhaps even a look of anxiety.
Our first language
As primates we were communicating to each other long before there were words. This was a sophisticated language, too â how else could you bring down a mammoth 30 times heavier and perhaps 30 times more powerful than yourself, along with other members ...
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