8-3 Presentation

7-1-1 Short Answer: Scientific Developments

The news story I chose was “Comparing Primate Vocalizations”

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190903134734.htm.

On project two, I developed the question “If the monkeys can combine only two

speech items, how did human beings evolve from this to be able to come up with

infinite combinations?” After reading the article, “The 50 Greatest Breakthroughs

Since the Wheel” I’ve learned the true significance of this question. Back in the

first-millennium Alphabetization was created, which is also listed as the twenty-

fifth greatest breakthrough. The alphabet made knowledge more accessible and

searchable and may have potentially lead to the rise of societies that used phonetic

letters, which is a writing system used for transcribing the sounds of human speech

into writing. Before the discovery of the alphabet the means of communication

between humans was primarily grunting or body language, which is how most

primates communicate today. This news story along with the question “If the

monkeys can combine only two speech items, how did human beings evolve from

this to be able to come up with infinite combinations?” has a large importance to

myself as well as society since it elaborates more on the evolution of humans and

the possible evolution of other primates.