News Headline

Ancestors may have created 'iconic' sounds as bridge to first languages

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-05-12

The 'missing link' that helped our ancestors to begin communicating with each other through language may have been iconic sounds, rather than charades-like gestures—giving rise to the unique human power to coin new words describing the world around us, a new study reveals.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-05-ancestors-iconic-bridge-languages.html