BIOL 350 Study Guide - Final Guide: Upper Paleolithic, Cave Painting, Phenotypic Plasticity
15 Apr 2020
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Biol 350- exam practice questions and answers section 3: describe the main ideas and hypotheses that we discussed in biol 350 concerning proposed advantages resulting from the evolution of spoken language in humans. Most important advantage during the great leap forward. Major advance over symbolic language and is linked to: larger brain capacity, altered brain structure, development of the larynx, tongue, and associated muscles. * all of these give modern humans the ability to control spoken sounds. With being able to speak, individuals could rapidly communicate to plot a strategy for hunting, brainstorm about how to devise a better tool, and how to interpret a cave painting. Evolution of language also allowed communicating complex information to their children and grandchildren (such as storytelling). The advantages through language could allow humans to master the art of living in larger units of social organization that developed with the advent of agriculture (10,000 years ago).
