"Unraveling the 1.6 Million-Year-Old Mystery of Human Speech Evolution"
An upcoming analysis suggests that humans may have been communicating for over 1.6 million years, challenging the belief that language development occurred only around 200,000 years ago. Based on various evidence, British archaeologist Steven Mithen proposes that early humans began communicating in eastern or southern Africa. He argues that the development of language was crucial for human evolution and survival, allowing for the transmission of knowledge across generations. This theory could potentially reveal ancient linguistic developments still in use today.