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After a long-term chill that began in mid-eighteenth century France (the Societ<'e> de Linguistique banned any contributions on the origins of language in 1866), the subject of the origins of language began to warm up around the mid-eighties of the current century. Dutch linguist and science journalist, Smits, presents his own take on the origins of language, theorizing, counterintuitively, that language did not develop as a system of communication, but rather arose from a constellation of separate abilities. He also asserts that the Cro-Magnons painted not for art's sake, but to express their chaotic inner-world before they acquired language. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
