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The Origins of Language

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Introduction
1) Ape Vocalisations
2) Theories on the Origin of Spoken Language
3) Appearance of Homo Sapiens
4) Appearance of the First Words
6) Riau Indonesian
7) Further Developments of Homo Sapiens
8) Out of Africa
9) Cycles of Creation and Decay / Erosion in Language
10) Evolution of the Parts of Speech
11) Proto-Nostratic and its Spread
12) Characteristics of Proto-Nostratic