Morris’ Swadesh, “The Origin and Diversification of Language”, 1968 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Richard Wrangham, ”Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human”, 2009 also was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Joseph Greenberg, “The Languages of Africa”, 1963.
Here I presented: Joseph Greenberg, “The Languages of Africa”, 1963.
HYPOTHESIS:
I wish to put forth the hypothesis: that “lip-reading” occurred in the African River Civilizations; before, “written-reading” occurred in the Tigris-Euphrates River Civilization or the Huang-Yangtze River Civilization.
The anatomical prerequisite of Fusiform Gyrus function is obvious temporal requirement of language learning by a species. This temporal requirement occurred in Homo sapiens; but, Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis is doubtful.
Prehistory
is a timeline that begins with a genus of Homo that utilizes fire for cooking, farmed foods.
The agricultural settlements along rivers for planters & herdsmen working alongside fishermen & boatmen has been speculated by Richard Wrangham.
Language learning is what makes you human; and, lip-reading of what is written on your face, requires Fusiform Gyrus function.
