Researchers Explore Possible Link Between Human Language and Control of Fire
Scientific American examines a theory connecting one of science's hardest problems, the origin of language, to early human fire use.
Scientific American reports on research examining a possible connection between the evolution of human language and humans' control of fire.
Understanding how human language evolved remains one of the hardest problems in science to unpick, according to the publication.
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- Why human language may be intertwined with fire — Scientific American
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