Human language is one of history’s greatest mysteries. While experts agree that people have been speaking for tens of thousands of years, no one knows exactly what the first language ever spoken was. Unlike written records, spoken languages leave no direct evidence, making it impossible to identify the original human language with certainty. However, linguists, archaeologists, and...

Human language is one of history’s greatest mysteries. While experts agree that people have been speaking for tens of thousands of years, no one knows exactly what the first language ever spoken was. Unlike written records, spoken languages leave no direct evidence, making it impossible to identify the original human language with certainty. However, linguists, archaeologists, and...