Re: Fwd: Did language drive society or vice versa?

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Sat May 13 2000 - 00:58:11 BST

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    Bill Spight made this comment not too long ago --

    >Human communication is vastly different from that of
    >other species, but some of them are capable of much more
    >sophisticated communication than was originally supposed. That is
    >what is important, isn't it?

    Yes, that is what is important.

    - Wade

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