The Origin of Language and BIas

In The Origin of Language, Madeleine Beekman, a professor emerita of evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology, considers human evolution through the often-neglected lens of child-rearing, bringing a relatively new perspective to the field. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, most popular theories of evolution focused on male-dominated, and in many cases aggressive, activities such as hunting, fighting, toolmaking, and semen-spreading to understand our development as a species.

But Beekman, along with a growing number of scholars, many of them women, emphasizes familial care in our understanding of human evolution. Specifically, she turns to the scenario of a needy small child relying on a parent, in attempting to unlock the mystery of the origin of human language.

A New Theory Puts Parenting at the Center of Human Evolution

​An interesting take on the subject. More interesting is the female angle in evolution and science. Science and culture in general is rife with male centric bias. In evolution males are expendable fluff. Females are the essential agent.

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Female talent is being wasted.