Re: Human Language.

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Paul Crowley <pcrowley@indigo.ie> wrote in article
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> clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas Clarke) wrote:
>
> >In article <59csaa$318@news.indigo.ie>
pcrowley@indigo.ie (Paul Crowley) writes:

>
> >I don't buy warfare before language.
>
> The chimps of the Gombe engage in "warfare" - or
something
> so close that it's hard to describe it otherwise - given
all
> the other differences. If the A-piths moved to a more
open
> environment, I can only see such behaviour intensifying.

JW: This statement seems to conflict with your previous
reply, Paul. In that you said:

>Success in
>war depends on skillful diplomacy, the making of
alliances,
>inspirational leadership, technological and administrative
>superiority and many other skills, all of which need
>language.

JW: If success in war depends upon language, are you
suggesting that the Chimps in Gombe, and the A-piths had
language?

John.

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