Recursive language and modern imagination acquired 70k years ago: hypothesis

Re:Recursive language and modern imagination acquired 70k ye... by anon44 on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @12:18PM (#20626585)

But some races were likely separated for longer than that, so these mutations are likely uneven across populations. Very disturbing if true.

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Re:Recursive language and modern imagination acquired 70k ye... by gingabriska on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @01:05PM (#20627147)

Or they seperated after having this mutation since we've no evidence that any specific ethic group (I assume you used race for this?) has inability of learning a recursive language.

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Re:Recursive language and modern imagination acquired 70k ye... by Hasknewbie on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @01:23PM (#20627354)

I had the same question while reading TFA. The Khoisan ethnic group split from the main population an estimated 150k years ago, and although their clicking language is peculiar I don't think they have any issue with recursive grammar.

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