When Did Humans First Speak?

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Estimates range wildly, from as late as 50,000 years ago to as early as the beginning of the human genus more than 2 million years ago. But words leave no traces in the archaeological record. A team led by Thomas Morgan, a psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley, has attacked the problem in a very different way. Rather than considering toolmaking as a proxy for language ability, he and his colleagues explored the way that language may help modern humans learn to make such tools. Read More
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The Urantia Book teaches about language: Before the extensive dispersion of the Andonic clans a well-developed language had evolved from their early efforts to intercommunicate. This language continued to grow, and almost daily additions were made to it because of the new inventions and adaptations to environment which were developed by these active, restless, and curious people.” Read More

Also consider our Topical Study on Language

Fourteen Discoveries About Human Evolution in 2022

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Smithsonian paleoanthropologists reveal the year’s most riveting findings about our close relatives and ancestors. Read Findings.

The Urantia Book says” “From man’s use of fire, to our history with dogs, and the human-Neanderthal link…this Smithsonian article has something for everyone who grasps the importance of evolution and the scientific discovery that helps us to understand it even better.”  Read Truthbook’s Topical Study on Evolution

5 ‘Elastic’ New Year’s Resolutions

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An article in Time recommends that the best resolutions are elastic—they cannot be broken with a single act. If you swear never to touch red meat, one burger ruins the resolution. If, on the other hand, you pledge to eat healthier food, each day you have a chance to fulfill the resolution anew. Here are five elastic spiritual resolutions that can carry you throughout the year. Read More