An important mini-threshold that should be incorporated into Big History’s sixth unit is the human language system. Our verbal communication format was tremendously important to the advances and developments of the early human species, which is exactly what unit six is based on. By providing an efficient format of conveying descriptive information to each other, language assisted our ancestors in working together and coordinating to achieve goals, creating a sense of community through interaction, and finally, making the idea of collective learning more viable and intricate.
One of the ways that the language system assisted in the development of early humans was by allowing them to more easily collaborate and work together. A Nautilis article …show more content…
Communities allow individuals to interact with one another, to develop relationships, and to share experiences and thoughts. Without community, life would be an isolated and lonely nightmare. What does language have to do with any of this? Well, language is key stepping stone in building this tightly-knit circle of people. Our way of conveying information through speech helps humans more easily form bonds with one another, as human communicating allows for a plethora of interaction to occur. Language allows us to express our ideas, emotions, and feelings to others, and likely find comfort in doing so. Language fulfills our natural desire of another person to speak out to. Thus, a lack of language means the absence of close relationships amongst humans and a vivid presence of pure …show more content…
Collective learning entices the act of pooling information together in order to build off of what others discovered in their lifetimes. It’s an easy way to pass around vital information, and where there’s a need to exchange such information, efficient forms of communication, like our language, thrive. A case study by Asad Amin and Muhammad Imran Shahid entitled, “Influence of Language on Knowledge Sharing” describes how knowledge in organization is best distributed through interaction, collaboration, and education. Human language, which fuels all of these “distribution methods,” can allow pools of knowledge created by collective learning to be more effectively brought to the minds of people. Human language allows for a more effective way of spreading information pooled by countless individuals over the course of their