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Landscape Shifts: The Driving Force Behind Early Human Speech Development

Originally Published 2 years ago — by ABC News

A new study suggests that the transformation of the landscape from dense forests to open plains during the Miocene era may have prompted early hominids to develop speech and language. Researchers found that as hominids transitioned from living in trees to moving onto the ground, they switched from vowel-based calls to consonant-based calls. By studying orangutan calls in a savanna-like landscape, scientists discovered that consonants traveled farther than vowels, indicating that the development of consonant-based calls allowed hominids to communicate over greater distances. This early expansion of speech was a pivotal turning point in language development for humans, leading to the emergence of a rich spoken language in Homo sapiens.

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The Impact of Landscape Shifts on Human Language Evolution

Originally Published 2 years ago — by ScienceAlert

A new study suggests that a shift from dense forests to open plains during the Miocene era may have influenced the evolution of human language. Researchers used orangutan calls, believed to resemble early human sounds, projected across an African savannah to study how the environment shaped our ancestors' ability to speak. The study found that consonant-based calls were more audible over long distances in open landscapes, indicating that moving to open plains may have been crucial in hominid vocal communication. The findings suggest that the ecological settings and soundscapes experienced by our hominid ancestors may have had a significant impact on the emergence and shape of spoken language.

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