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\nBiologist Mark Pagel shares an intriguing theory about why humans evolved our complex system of language. He suggests that language is a piece of \"social technology\" that allowed early human tribes to access a powerful new tool:...\nBiologist Mark Pagel shares an intriguing theory about why humans evolved our complex system of language. He suggests that language is a piece of \"social technology\" that allowed early human tribes to access a powerful new tool: cooperation.\n
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20:07
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12th - Higher Ed
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\nTED Talks\n\n
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2011
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English
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culture, evolution, communication, natural selection, time, sound, power
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words about words, biology, science, evolution's genius, language, homo erectus, fossil record, hand axe, visual theft, wooden shafts, finished arrows, european union, social learning, small groups, extract termites, million years, entire world, modern world, watching, dilemma, world, pulses, languages, tells, stuff, skills, acquired, slow, measuring, make, benefit
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