" Maybe we developed language and "consciousness" together?" I read/watched something some time back. It used to be believed that folks that couldn't hear - an

" Maybe we developed language and "consciousness" together?" I read/watched something some time back. It used to be believed that folks that couldn't hear - and therefore, couldn't talk - also had low IQ's. It turned out this can be correct if folks aren't taught sign language early in life. It went on to refer to language as the program that lets us run consciousness. So yeah, you are probably onto something. Language and consciousness, if not developed together, definitely seem to go hand in hand.