Murray Gell-Mann: The ancestor of language

The video explores the distant relationships among human languages, focusing on the work of linguists who study long-distance language groupings. It speculates on the origins of modern language, suggesting it predates ancient art forms like cave paintings. The discussion includes the possibility of a single language ancestor and the concept of a linguistic bottleneck. The video concludes with acknowledgments to Murray Gell-Mann.

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