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I have a theory that song used to communicate emotional states precedes and probably evolved into language as we think of it.
by eucyclos 7mo ago
I have a theory that song used to communicate emotional states precedes and probably evolved into language as we think of it.
- cenamus 7mo agoWhales also communicate by "song". But at that point it's just their language, whether you classify it as song (pleasant for a human to listen to?) or language doesn't really change that it's used for communication
- konfusinomicon 7mo agoI like to think that bird song, evolved over millions of years going back to their dinosaur ancestors, is a language that encodes vast amounts of information that our brains can't even begin to understand the complexities of
- nucleardog 7mo agoI'd easily believe that bird songs are vastly more complex and interesting than we currently understand! If you haven't seen it, you might enjoy Benn Jordan's video of "saving" a PNG to a bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQCP-5g5bo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQCP-5g5bo (Besides the hook-y title, some interesting info on the acoustics of bird songs with some cross-over into tech.)
- eucyclos 7mo agoThe old story of the 'language of the birds' suggests that we can make headway. No one's ever complained of time they wasted listening to birdsong.