Tag: human language

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 6, 2026

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, art, atoms, calculus, Carlo Rovelli, chimpanzees, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Dogs, electrons, great apes, higher power, human consciousness, human language, humans, intelligent design, language, laughter, literature, Michael Egnor, mud, panpsychism, Patricia Churchland, Paul Churchland, sand dollar, speech, squirrels, trees, universe}

Human Consciousness, from Mud to Mind?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 6, 2026

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

If human language — which is unlike any other communication in nature — evolved from something, we simply have no idea what that something is. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 9, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, chimpanzees, human language, languages, monkeys, neuroscience, University of Portsmouth}

A Mystery: How Human Languages Came to Exist

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 9, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Neuroscientists wrestle with human language even more than poets or (for example) English majors do. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, brain, distance, honey bees, human language, information, insects, intelligent design, Science (journal), waggle dance}

The Role of Learning in the Honey Bee Waggle Dance

_{Eric Cassell
March 20, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

4}

Learning is largely a programmed behavior, governed by a type of algorithm, particularly for animals with limited cognitive ability. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 24, 2021

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, __nedited, Ardipithecus, Australopithecus sediba, bones, brain size, Cambrian Explosion, climate change, creator, Darwinism, Declaration of Independence, evolution, gradualism, hair, Hall of Human Origins, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo naledi, human language, Human Zoos, humanity, Lucy, museum, National Museum of Natural History, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Orrorin, Science Uprising, Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Jefferson, whiteness}

Evolution Theater: Smithsonian Whitewashes Human Origins

_{David Coppedge
November 24, 2021

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

8}

The museum makes a big deal of Lucy. Their portrayal has many more bones than the original! Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
November 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aircraft, Animal Algorithms, birds, communication, Darwinian processes, evolutionary theory, hive, honey bees, honeycomb, human language, insects, intelligent design, learning, navigation, neurons, United Kingdom, waggle dance}

Navigational Genius — Not Just for the Birds

_{Eric Cassell
November 16, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

While these theories may appear reasonable, given the complexity of the behavior it is unclear how a Darwinian process can be a plausible explanation. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 1, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, disguised religion, human exceptionalism, human language, scientific credibility, Tom Wolfe}

New York Times: “Darwinism Be Damned”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 1, 2016

Evolution

4}

Make no mistake, Tom Wolfe's book is a big, big deal in the evolution debate. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 31, 2016

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __tedited, abstract thought, behaviorism, communication, designators, grammar, human exceptionalism, human language, immaterial mind, language, language organ, Noam Chomsky, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, universals, words}

Tom Wolfe on Language and Evolution

_{Michael Egnor
August 31, 2016

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

I think that Noam Chomsky is fundamentally right, and I am skeptical of Daniel Everett's claim. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 30, 2016

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __tedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, human language, linguists, Noam Chomsky, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe}

In The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe Tells the Story of Evolution’s Epic Tumble

_{David Klinghoffer
August 30, 2016

Human Origins and Anthropology

8}

Darwinian evolution explains biological trivia but stumbles when it comes to the major innovations in the long history of life. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 18, 2016

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __tedited, abstract concepts, animal communication, animal languages, bird vocalizations, complex structures, complexity, designators, finches, functional complexity, functional specificity, grammar, human language, language, metaphysical, Nature, signal}

Are Birdsongs Language?

_{Michael Egnor
July 18, 2016

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

7}

Atheist mathematician Jeff Shallit insists that animals have language. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 12, 2016

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thought, animal languages, designators, ethology, human language, language, mimicry, semantic information, signal}

Do Animals Have Language?

_{Michael Egnor
July 12, 2016

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

7}

Some animals, after sufficient training by human researchers, use signals that mimic language. But mimicry is not language itself. Read More ›