It has often been claimed that humans learn language using brain components that are specifically dedicated to this purpose. Now, new evidence strongly suggests that language is in fact learned in brain systems that are also used for many other purposes and even pre-existed humans, say researchers in PNAS. [
1] Luminous beings. Knowing how to speak, long before they knew how to speak. At a time where there were no sounds and planets roamed the empty space and silently spoke of the meaning of life. We used to watch those planets. Staring them in awe. The greatest poets lived back then. Mute poets. Their expression of anticipation and excitement filling the air with words unspoken. “We are here!”, they cried out silently. And ever since, we try to express that same feeling but fail every single time. The feeling is long gone now. Seek it in the air on top of mountains. Find it in the breeze on a lonely shore. Listen to its cry between the tree leaves on an autumn day. You can still utter it. As long as you don’t…
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