Okay, so I was reading a book relating to the concept of culture and have come to a chapter relating to the emergence of language and its evolution over tens of thousands of years or so.
Basically, what I believe I've understood is that over the course of evolution of animals, communication came to be a crucial component for their survival. By virtue of certain segments in the human genome known as junk DNA that accounts for the ≤2% difference between humans and chimpanzees, humans have evolved a somewhat digitalised means of communication differing significantly from that of their fellow non homo sapien animals.
From my reading, what I also believe I understand is that in the course of human evolution, humans had the tendency to form groups/packs/populations in a way that is mutually beneficial to ward of potential enemies or other humans posing a threat. Evidently, one of the methods employed by different human populations was to establish a language or dialect unique to the particular population to enhance the ability of its members to identify humans who aren't members of that population who might pose a threat. This appears to explain the vast diversity of dialects observable within given geographic regions.
My confusion arises in relation to modern day observation of how, in an era of globalisation, humans from all corners of the globe are ambitiously striving to learn different languages and dialects from the one they were individually exposed to at birth or the ones unique to their particular 'nation'/geographic region of birth. How do we reconcile the notion of humans embracing languages and dialects that are different from those of their 'nation'/geographic region in a way that enhances the process of bringing humans together with the notion of humans resisting attempts to change the language of their 'tribe'/pack in a way that enhances the ability of 'members' of that 'tribe'/pack to identify 'non-members'/ potential enemies? This appears to pose quite a conundrum(to me at least, at this point in time).
Could any of you members of the Skeptics Forum please help elucidate this? Thanks in advance and feel free to add anything interesting to the discussion.
Basically, what I believe I've understood is that over the course of evolution of animals, communication came to be a crucial component for their survival. By virtue of certain segments in the human genome known as junk DNA that accounts for the ≤2% difference between humans and chimpanzees, humans have evolved a somewhat digitalised means of communication differing significantly from that of their fellow non homo sapien animals.
From my reading, what I also believe I understand is that in the course of human evolution, humans had the tendency to form groups/packs/populations in a way that is mutually beneficial to ward of potential enemies or other humans posing a threat. Evidently, one of the methods employed by different human populations was to establish a language or dialect unique to the particular population to enhance the ability of its members to identify humans who aren't members of that population who might pose a threat. This appears to explain the vast diversity of dialects observable within given geographic regions.
My confusion arises in relation to modern day observation of how, in an era of globalisation, humans from all corners of the globe are ambitiously striving to learn different languages and dialects from the one they were individually exposed to at birth or the ones unique to their particular 'nation'/geographic region of birth. How do we reconcile the notion of humans embracing languages and dialects that are different from those of their 'nation'/geographic region in a way that enhances the process of bringing humans together with the notion of humans resisting attempts to change the language of their 'tribe'/pack in a way that enhances the ability of 'members' of that 'tribe'/pack to identify 'non-members'/ potential enemies? This appears to pose quite a conundrum(to me at least, at this point in time).
Could any of you members of the Skeptics Forum please help elucidate this? Thanks in advance and feel free to add anything interesting to the discussion.
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