The Ecology of Human Origins

The Ecology of Human Origins (Human Paleontology, Archeology, Paleoclimatology) Who are we, ecologically speaking? (Who am I?) NOT the title of a song by The Who NOT (in this class) based on anything other than the scientific evidence A question of taxonomy, cladistics, genetics

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The Ecology of Human Origins

Who are we, ecologically speaking? (Who am I?). NOT the title of a song by The WhoNOT (in this class) based on anything other than the scientific evidenceA question of taxonomy, cladistics, geneticsUsing fossils and lately, DNA evidenceMaterial culture finds, archeologyAnthropology, descriptions of

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The Origins of Human Language

Theories about the Origin of Language. Otto Jespersen (1921): Human language originated while human beings were enjoying themselves. The Divine Source Theory. In most religions: divine source provides humans with languageGenesis (2:19): God created Adam and

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Human Origins

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The Origins of Language Curriculum Development

The Origins of Language Curriculum Development. Date: 03.13.2008 Director: Dr. Mavis Shang Presenter: Roger Yu 9610009M. Introduction. Curriculum development focus on determining What knowledge, skills, and values students learn in schools.

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THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE (TASKS)

THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE (TASKS). Yule, George (2011). The Study of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Chapter 1). 1. The Heimlich manuever. A procedure used to dislodge pieces of food that are stuck in the throat, in the upper respiratory passage.

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The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev

Lecture 5 Body and brain for language. The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev. Projects. Spell out your main question(s). Make sure that it is relevant to language origins! Define your main terms: “language”, “gesture”, “cognition”, “adaptation”, “culture” – at least provisionally

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Human Origins

Human Origins. SOL Terms for Review. Homo sapiens. Emerged in Africa between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago Migrated from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas. Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens. Thinking man Modern man Nomadic Began making tools out of stone. Nomadic. migrate

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The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev

Lecture 10 Why language evolved?. The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev. Constraints on explanations. No “future utility” – evolution does not plan ahead! Should benefit the individual (also), not just the group Match timeframe and environment: hunter-gatherers, (mostly) on the savannah

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The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev

Lecture 2 What is language?. The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev. Exercise 1. Discuss in groups: How would you define the term ”language”? (you may distinguish different senses) How would you distinguish language from other forms of communication?. What is language?.

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The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev

Lecture 9 Controversies and hypotheses. The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev. Controversies. What is language (again!)? When language evolved? How it evolved ? Why it evolved ? (Lecture 10) Can language evolution be divided in “stages”? Which? (Lecture 11). (Lecture 9 ).

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Human Origins

Human Origins. Human as primates. The primates are an order of mammals, including apes, monkeys, tarsiers and lemurs. They were named primates because they were considered the highest order of animals. We are also categorized under primates, due to our anatomical similarities.

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The Origins of Language

The Origins of Language. Introduction. 1- Jespersen's proposal 2- Spoken language developed well before written language 3- No direct evidence relating to the speech of our distant ancestors. The divine source.

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The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev

Lecture 12 Summary. The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev. What a theory of “the evolution of language” needs to answer. What is it that evolved? (“innate syntax”, capacity for sign use, vocal imitation…?) How did it evolve? (pre-adaptations, stages, transitions…)

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The origins of language

The origins of language. The origins of language. We simply don’t know how language originated. We suspect (think, imagine) that some type of spoken language developed between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago

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The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev

Lecture 1 Introduction. The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev. What this course is about. Origin s ” of language (not “Origin”): Biological Ecological Social Cultural Linguistic

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The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev

Lecture 4 The Human Ancestry Tree. The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev. How do we reconstruct it?. Paleoanthropology : “The f ossil trail” Archeology : artifacts, fire, burial… Genetics: Mitochondria DNA Y- chromozones X- chromozones Other genes: FOXP2… Body-morphology Parasites.

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Human Origins:

Human Origins:. Humanity Before Civilization. Early Man/Hominids:. Appeared about 4 million years ago (mya) Bipedal (walked on two feet) All are members of the human family tree Walking on two legs means having hands free to do other things. What would be some advantages of this?

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The Origins of Language

Engl 160: Intro to Language. The Origins of Language. Overview. Where did language come from? Did all humans always speak? When did language evolve? Why? Was there more than one original language? What is the Language Acquisition Device? Did it evolve as humans evolved?.

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The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev

Lecture 7 Studies of “Animal language”. The Origins of Language Jordan Zlatev. Discussion. Based on evidence and arguments given in the previous lectures “What is language?” “Systems of animal communication” and the course literature, please discuss in groups:

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Lecture 2 The Origins of Language

Lecture 2 The Origins of Language. The origins of language. A famous quote from Charles Darwin (1871)

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Origins of the English Language

Origins of the English Language. Written records of English have been preserved for about 1,300 years. Much earlier, however, a people living in the east, near the Caspian Sea, spoke a language that was to become English. Proto-Indo-European.

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