How Old IS Language?
JMP offers a 30-day free trial for anyone, anywhere. Go to https://www.jmp.com/scishow to see the benefits of visual statistics for yourself. This video description is brought to you by language. But how long have humans been able to use our gift of gab? The answer is a lot more complicated than you might think. From studying fossil brains and ear bones to DNA migration evidence, here are some of the ways we've tried to solve the problem. Hosted by: Niba @NotesbyNiba (she/her) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! / scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Lyndsay Brown, David Johnston, Adam Brainard, Garrett Galloway, Blood Doctor Kelly, Matt Curls, Jeremy Mattern, Friso, Chris Curry, Reed Spilmann, Cye Stoner, Eric Jensen, Wesus, Bethany Matthews, Chris Mackey, Jaap Westera, Alan Wong, Jp Lynch, J.V. Rosenbalm, Toyas Dhake, Chris Peters, Steve Gums, Jason A Saslow, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Joseph Ruf, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: / scishow Instagram: / thescishow Facebook: / scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky... #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/...
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