Section: WEEK 1: ORIGINS OF SPEECH and MODERN MAN Oct.3 | Human language and mind | DL 1

DL 1

Section outline

Cognition and cognition for language

Learning and communicating

The brain and genes

Modern humans: Advancing the mind to get language

Chimps, songbirds and bees' communication systems cf. human language

What are the reasons for the rise of humans and modern language? TED Talk, by Y. N. Harari
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