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"So, when--and where--did writing first emerge? Why did early humans find it necessary to record their thoughts in a visual medium? How did cultures that had relied solely on spoken language for thousands of years create symbols that could carry meaning? And how did all the many scripts and systems that developed over the centuries lead us to the 26-letter alphabet of the English language? Embark on a journey to the very beginning of writing as a...
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English
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What is the species' greatest invention? Medicine, computers, space travel? Not even close. The innovation that underlies each of the past achievements and those still aspire to is language. Learn why language is the ultimate invention, one that has allowed changing the physical and social world around people in every conceivable way, and one that has fundamentally changed them, as well.