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Where Did Human Intelligence Come From?

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What Is the Basis of Language?

In the early human brain, it's important to go back and get that child. So even if a mom couldn't remember where she put her baby, she could listen out for the baby crying. And they also think around this time that an urge or desire to soothe the baby from its crying would have developed. That language actually developed out of what's called mother ease,. The kind of soothing baby talk that mothers know how to do just naturally.

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