What Daniel Everett has said about Origin of language
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 12, 2026
Daniel Everett, American linguist who lived among the Pirahã people of the Amazon, has been quoted on Origin of language 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 holds that language was a cultural invention made possible by the human capacity to create symbols, not a biological mutation.
“I don't think language was just the product of some biological mutation. I think that as our brains got larger, we did what all species who are living do”
Danny Jones Podcast: #439 - Bible Expert Rejects Religion After Decoding Ancient Amazon Language | Daniel Everett (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 30:09
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
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- Atheism · 3 quotes
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