Feral children

Well since Gumby is on a shit posting spree, I figured I would post one thing. Use this as an example of how to pose a question/comment etc in your own words and thoughts...

Every experiment that is on record from when people were trying to find the "true" language of humanity (multiple children raised by a mute or people forbidden to speak), to horrible cases of abuse, and many other situations... There hasn't been a single case where complex communication skills were formed (well very basic to normalized humanity)

Perhaps the first humans were instructed on how to communicate? Or possibly they were the only ones gifted with the info in order to pass it down?

I've heard of similar studies.  I get the impression that language evolved over quite a long time from simple grunts to what we have today.   

Human speech has some interesting prerequisites.  It takes a versatile set of vocal cords, parts of the brain specialized for language and the intellect to use it.

Some primates have the physiology for it but not the intellect.  Here's what a macau monkey might sound like if it had the mental capability to talk.



Sort of off topic.  The Proto Indo-European civilization.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language.  It's a culture that we don't have much direct information on but all the world's languages and religions seem to converge on.

I think the earliest form of language was probably mimicking animal sounds. This way the early humans didn't have to invent words, but they could get used to their vocal cords which over hundreds or thousands of years would allow them to come up with a few words at a time, especially when they started making civilisations. They could after a while also start mimicking the sound of certain actions, which could later lead to the formation of simple sentences.