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The Evolution of language (n.) out ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠of simpler signalling is a puzzle as misframed as asking how atoms evolved from clouds of particles.

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The Evolution of language (n.) from ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠animal calls is about as sensible a story as walking evolving out of breathing: the two stages share a name, not a mechanism.

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The Evolution of language (n.) may ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be a non-question: if creatures built like us had no real alternative to our grammar, there was nothing to choose between.