+310 All animals of the same species can communicate with each other from birth. This would mean that baby talk is the natural human language, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That would explain why we have parts of the brain specialized in speech.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

many animals are completely silent at birth but gain communication skills as time goes by like the parrot or many song birds.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

communication =/= speech

by Anonymous 12 years ago

agreed. Babies communicate by laughing crying etc. Those are natural human communication techniques.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, babies don't have a specific word for anything. One minute, bottle is "wab-wib" and the next it's "fooffooff".

by Anonymous 12 years ago