> Does this mean that English evolved from Deer-speak? No. The fact they're standing staring at me for a long time implies they're asking for something. This i

> Does this mean that English evolved from Deer-speak? No. The fact they're standing staring at me for a long time implies they're asking for something. This is in itself something that's common to mammalian (and possibly even wider animal) behaviour, and something that humans and deer likely inherited from our common ancestors. It would be entirely possible in an alternate universe for this behaviour to have entirely different meaning.