evolution of language
Understanding numbers as cognitive technology
The Whorf hypothesis says language shapes human thought. A small indigenous group with few number words puts the idea to the test.
![Dominoes with colorful dots](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/09/dominoes-mike-haupt-unsplash.jpg)
The FoxP2 protein sequence from Neandertals and Denisovans is shared by many people today
A study of sequence variation shows a possible selected change among living people, but many still have a form shared with Neandertals and Denisovans.
![A protein structure model](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/09/foxp2-protein-structure-Emw-wikimedia.jpg)
Did human language evolve as a spandrel?
A critical look at the point of view that human language did not originate from its adaptive role in communication, but from other cognitive functions.
![Early twentieth-century ceramic head with brain and labels.](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/01/brain-model-david-matos-unsplash.jpg)