Question

1. how did early humans use language? did they have any written language? did they have a spoken language? if so, what was it like? explain your answer in detail.

Explanation:

Early humans likely used language for communication in daily tasks like hunting, gathering, and social bonding. Most early humans (e.g., Paleolithic era) did not have written language, as writing systems developed much later (e.g., cuneiform, hieroglyphs in Neolithic or later). They had spoken language: it was likely simple, with basic sounds, gestures, and vocabulary focused on survival (food, danger, social cues), lacking complex grammar or abstract terms, evolving as groups needed to coordinate and share knowledge. Archaeological and anthropological evidence (e.g., vocal tract evolution, cave art context) supports spoken language use for cooperation, while written language required settled societies, symbolic systems, and technology to record.

Answer:

Early humans used language for survival - related communication (hunting, social bonding). They had no written language (writing emerged later with settled life). They had spoken language: simple, with basic sounds/gestures, vocabulary for survival (food, danger), and limited complex grammar, evolving to support group cooperation.