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Mark Pagel: How language transformed humanity
About this film
Biologist 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.
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TED.com
Subjects
TEDTalks, TEDGlobal 2011, TED, Talks, biology, communication, culture, evolution, language, science, 2011
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