As I understand it, there were six human species a mere 50Kyrs ago. Evidently we either outcompeted or genocided them all, going on to become the most dangerous animals on the planet, by far.
Also learned from the book Sapiens that language came out of the urge to gossip. That may have been it’s very first use.
As I understand it, there were six human species a mere 50Kyrs ago. Evidently we either outcompeted or genocided them all, going on to become the most dangerous animals on the planet, by far.
Also learned from the book Sapiens that language came out of the urge to gossip. That may have been it’s very first use.
Oh, god. We won because we were good at memes.