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Writing tagged: ‘language’

Languages

Charles Darwin on the family tree of languages

In ‘On the Origin of Species’, Darwin hypothesises that the family tree of languages must closely reflect the family tree of the different races of mankind that speak them.

Published 24-Jan-2015
Filed under: Blog Tags: charles darwin, language, origin of species

Remind you of anything?

Languages evolve in sudden leaps, not creeps.

Published 01-Feb-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: language, punctuated equilibrium, stephen jay gould
Charles Darwin, 1840.
Charles Darwin, 1840.

Disinherit the Wind

Darwin's famous flatulence nothing but burps?

Published 16-Apr-2007
Filed under: Blog Tags: charles darwin, flatulence, language, myths

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