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Old 09-18-2011, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by kerry View Post
Is that a verbal species communicating non-verbally or a non-verbal species communicating non-verbally? Are the limits different and what are they? Looks like Neanderthals probably had spoken language.
I'm a little confused on the question, but 2/3 of human communication is non-verbal, and despite our skepticism about the main purpose of human communication in relaying culture, she was able to point out how much can be communicated without words.
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