Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and Brain”, 1997 was the topic of an earlier blog post,

 

Here I present: Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and Brain”, 1997, PART TWO (II).

COMMENTS.

Reading is under represented in Terrance Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and Brain”, 1997.  This blog post adds some things that general readers need to know about reading.

The fusiform gyrus is anatomically the structure for function of  reading.  Fusiform gyrus is also call Brodmann Area #37.  Fusiform gyrus is part both the temporal lobe and occipital lobe of the cerebrum (shown ABOVE).  This is on the left cerebral hemisphere, interior surface.  The exterior surface of the left cerebral hemisphere contains Arcuate Fasciculus (between Broca and Wernicke areas) shown in diagram.

The development of writing in 3,500 BC in Sumer Mesopotamia’ is shown BELOW.

 

The Mesopotamian’ Sumerian language uses three-digit number of logograms; and, BELOW is a list of two-hundred seventy-five (#275) logograms.

 LOGOGRAMS (#275).

0 𒊹. One

1 𒌋 𒀸 𒁹 𒀹 𒀺. Five 

2 𒈨 𒇲 𒁇 𒁁. Four

3 𒉡 𒀀 𒉺 𒅆 𒋡 𒌍 𒄑 𒆕 𒆳 𒋻 𒀼 𒀶. Twelve 

4 𒁀 𒄭 𒄷 𒉿 𒋛 𒉌 𒍝 𒌓 𒆜 𒃻 𒄷 𒀭 𒊩 𒁷 𒂟. Fifteen 

5 𒁺 𒁍 𒄿 𒋾 𒌒 𒌨 𒂷 𒀊 𒀊 𒊑 𒈠 𒆪 𒀁 𒀂 𒀪 𒀾 𒁺 𒂉 𒂷. Nineteen 

6 𒋫 𒁲 𒍑 𒌑 𒃲 𒆗 𒋗 𒉣 𒊒 𒌌 𒀅 𒀫 𒀽 𒂅 𒂽. Fifteen 

7 𒌉 𒈬 𒊕 𒄖 𒂊 𒁴 𒀴 𒁄 𒁳 𒁶 𒐌. Eleven 

8 𒆠 𒅎 𒇽 𒅁 𒍪 𒊏 𒂖 𒁉 𒋜 𒀄 𒀮 𒀿 𒁂 𒁔 𒂖. Fifteen 

9 𒆤 𒈾 𒉈 𒂍 𒂼 𒈪 𒈤 𒄀 𒋤 𒉈 𒂗 𒀋 𒀒 𒀠 𒁊 𒁓 𒁯 𒁼 𒁽 𒂊 𒂠 𒂼. Twenty-Two

10 𒁮 𒋧 𒁕 𒀃 𒀈 𒀵 𒁋𒁐𒁮𒁻𒂂𒂃𒂆𒂗 𒂡 𒂻. Sixteen

11 𒀝 𒅅 𒅗 𒆷 𒁕 𒍣 𒂦 𒅔 𒉆 𒄀 𒈗 𒃶 𒀆 𒀍 𒀳 𒁖 𒁵 𒂓 𒂦 𒂺. Twenty 

12 𒌦 𒁕 𒀎 𒀐 𒀑 𒀣 𒀯 𒁒  𒁱 𒂁 𒂚. Eleven 

13 𒄀 𒉆 𒅔 𒂦 𒍣 𒀇 𒀧 𒁌 𒁾 𒂄 𒂢 𒂴. Twelve 

14 𒃶 𒈗 𒀌 𒁅 𒁸 𒂇 𒂏 𒂑 𒂣 𒂥 𒂰 𒂴 𒂸. Thirteen 

15 𒌅 𒉘 𒌅 𒀣 𒀨 𒁎. Six

16 𒈿 𒅋 𒀡 𒀢 𒂞 𒂤 𒂩 𒂲 𒂳. Nine

17 𒀉 𒀦 𒀥 𒁆 𒂀 𒂘 𒂙 𒂫. Eight 

18 𒇷 𒊷 𒁣 𒂈 𒂔 𒂕 𒂧. Seven 

19 𒆓 𒀲 𒁗 𒁩 𒁪 𒁰 𒂐 𒂛. Eight 

20 𒅍 𒁟 𒁡 𒂒 𒂜. Five 

21 𒀩 𒁘 𒁠 𒁥 𒁥 𒁭 𒂯. Seven 

22  𒁈 𒁿. Two

23 𒀷 𒁚 𒁞 𒁪 𒂨 𒂸. Six

24 𒍜 𒁝 𒁬 𒂮. Four 

25 𒁃 𒁏. Two 

26 𒆓 𒁢 𒂌 𒂱. Four 

27 𒊍 𒁤 𒁦 𒁧 𒂱. Five 

28 𒀻 𒁛. Two 

29 𒆟. One 

30 𒁜 𒂎. Two 

33 𒁙 𒁙. Two 

36 𒀰. One      

40 𒂝. One                             

51 𒂭. One 

72 𒀱. One  

 

Here I presented: Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and Brain”, 1997, PART TWO (II).

SUMMARY. 

The “Ancient & Mystical Alphabets” chart is shown HERE.

 This chart shows Anglo-Roman letters (abc’s) as derived from cuneiform writings.

Most other  writing systems are derived from cuneiform, with the exception of Chinese (which emerged independently).

Anatomical ideas were the subject of this blog post. Two regions presented are the Arcuate Fasciculus and the Fusiform Gyrus.   Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and Brain”, 1997 is useful  anatomically for general-readers to follow the ideas of language-brain evolution.  

Sumerian cuneiform writing began in 3,500 BC as a milestone in cultural evolution.