cladking
Well-Known Member
Our version of humans have been around for 200,000 years. Agriculture only 10,000. Humans had language long, long before agriculture. And the species from which we evolved were social species, therefore they had the ability to communicate as well.
Humans with complex language have probably been around a mere 40,000 years. I believe this was the result of a mutation that happened suddenly and then suddenly spread through the population. This mutation linked the speech center to higher brain functions and the ability to build on previous generations launched the human race.
The first complex language was an elaboration on the existing language of proto-humans and Homo Sapiens suddenly sprang into existence. As science and understanding increased the language became too difficult for average people and pidgin Ancient Language arose (PIE). These modern language speakers suddenly became Homo Omnisciencis.
We derived from a social species (proto-humans) and complex language did not change this characteristic. Indeed, it probably reinforced it because cooperation also aided science so outcasts became even more "persona non grata" with an even lower probability of reproducing.