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Re:The Modern Mind May Be 100k Years Old (2016) by WalterBright on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @04:04PM (#21984819)
> Writing is also a far greater (/ less likely) achievement than many people realise.

The monumental inventions are:

1. writing

2. paper

3. printing press

4. computers

5. internet

because they are ways to store and disseminate knowledge.

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Re:The Modern Mind May Be 100k Years Old (2016) by bad_user on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @04:32PM (#21985141)
Spoken language is also used to spread knowledge from the wise to the young.

This is sometimes called culture.

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Re:The Modern Mind May Be 100k Years Old (2016) by WalterBright on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @04:54PM (#21985381)
Spoken language evolved, it wasn't invented.
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