"A newer consensus says that language isnât a single capacity, but rather a range of abilities which have become synchronized in humans in remarkable ways. Thereâs the ability to connect sounds with meanings. The ability the ability to decipher syntax and grammar. The ability to use gesture to communicate. Language researcher Mike Tomasello from the Max Planck Institute in Germany suggests that scientists are asking the wrong question. Instead of wondering why apes donât talk, researchers should ask Why donât apes point? .. ?
transcript: AuthorNancyCasey.com/listen-survive/
Music by Kevin MacLeod
Date-stamped 8-16-12, but material is not date-specific