Origin of language
Subject in Social Sciences
Origin of language has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Danny Jones Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Daniel EverettAmerican linguist who lived among the Pirahã people of the Amazon
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
Podcasts
- Danny Jones Podcast · 1 episode
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.