Evolution question...

[ringo747]

Just been reading a few threads about this and one or two questions in my head about it.

1) If we evolved from something else how is it possible to go from speaking in 'moo' or 'baa' language to suddenly speaking a proper language as we know it today?

2) If this happens, will we continue to evolve and therefore can I expect one day to maybe wake up and be able to speak Spanish??

3) Does it still happen or has it stopped? How do we know?

4) Religions would state that humans have a soul. Animals not so. How can we go from one to the other? The same goes for a conscience. Do animals have one? Can they differentiate between right and wrong? How can we go from not having a conscience to having one?

Just keen to find out what people think on these things as I cannot really fathom it.

Lets see what this thread does!

 

[ringo747]

1) extremely slowly. With millions of small steps. Modern languages only happen fairly recently when they where standardised.


2) No that is simply knowledge of the language. genetics can't contain that information.

Do these two things not contradict each other? I mean how can one be put down to simply knowledge of the language when this is done extremely slowly as you say. A spoken/written language is much different from animal communications. No? Maybe I am misunderstanding you.

op looks like troll to me

How so? I'm sure this topic has been discussed many times on here. A forum is for discussion yeah? Get a life.

Curiosity is good Read some books man, none of these questions are unanswerable.

Indeed. Pure curiosity. Nothing more nothing less.

 

[ringo747]

Not at all. the evolution affects the metal capabilities of interpretation and mental skill. You also don't learn all language which comes before you. You only learn what your parents teach you. So it evolves other many generations. Both genetically and knowledge based. You do not need to know every step of the language., to be able to use it.

The other is purely knowledge.

Ok. I see how you mean in general about evolving from one creature to another through mutations and all that stuff but going from an animal like language to a spoken language just seems a bit strange how it can happen. Like going from animal noises to perfectly formed sentences of spoken language seems hard to grasp.

How then do different languages come into it? I am sure that animals all over the world would speak a standard animal speak? But yet humans speak different languages? Its a strange one!

 

[ringo747]

then just read the many other threads?

I think you will find that all my questions haven't been answered anywhere else. I am deeply sorry if me posting has been so hard for you to accept.

 

[ringo747]

On what evidence do you base this?

Notice the question mark.