What Daniel Everett has said about Homo erectus
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 12, 2026
Daniel Everett, American linguist who lived among the Pirahã people of the Amazon, has been quoted on Homo erectus once in 1 episode of Danny Jones Podcast, most recently on October 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Everett argues that language originated with Homo erectus rather than Homo sapiens.
“I wrote a book called How Language Began, in which I argued that language originated before Homo sapiens with Homo erectus”
Danny Jones Podcast: #439 - Bible Expert Rejects Religion After Decoding Ancient Amazon Language | Daniel Everett (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 22:44
Episodes
#439 - Bible Expert Rejects Religion After Decoding Ancient Amazon Language | Daniel EverettDanny Jones Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 2 h 49 min
Linguist Daniel Everett tells Danny Jones about living with the Pirahã of the Amazon, language origins, his split with Noam Chomsky, and abandoning Christianity.
Daniel Everett on other topics
- Pirahã people · 3 quotes
- Atheism · 3 quotes
- Universal grammar · 3 quotes
- Christianity · 2 quotes
- Oral tradition · 2 quotes
- Uncontacted peoples · 1 quote
- Brain-machine interfaces · 1 quote
- Prosperity theology · 1 quote