Caveman
Caveman
Words
Words
by
by
Owen Picton
Owen Picton
June 2023
The purpose for this web page is to discuss mans early communication development and suggest the idea that the shorter the number of letters there are in a word, the longer period of time the word has been in existence. My listed caveman words and more frequently used words that I could think of are only simple and easy to use one syllable words. The one syllable words I list are two, three, four or five letter words all containing one or two of the letters being vowels. The shorter the word the more likely a caveman word. I suggest someone learning English might start with this webpage list of words. These are the words listed on this webpage, that I could think of and are words that are in the English language. The word "the" is the most used word in the English language.
The purpose for this web page is to discuss mans early communication development and suggest the idea that the shorter the number of letters there are in a word, the longer period of time the word has been in existence. My listed caveman words and more frequently used words that I could think of are only simple and easy to use one syllable words. The one syllable words I list are two, three, four or five letter words all containing one or two of the letters being vowels. The shorter the word the more likely a caveman word. I suggest someone learning English might start with this webpage list of words. These are the words listed on this webpage, that I could think of and are words that are in the English language. The word "the" is the most used word in the English language.
Communication
Communication
I believe that gesturing with ones hands or making a sound came before the ability to speak a language and is the first form of communication. Then mutations occurred that allowed man to move his mouth to make varies sounds. All existing languages can be learned by any child. A child by about the age of 5 knows enough language to communicate but does not have the ability to plan and pass ideas on until starting to become an adult. Each child must learn the ability to pass on knowledge to the next generation. I think that man learned enough language to communicate but did not spread out to the whole world until man developed the ability to plan and pass ideas on to the next generation. Only humans have this ability to plan and pass ideas on to the next generation through language and gestures. Many think this happened maybe as far back as 200,000 or more years ago. There are now believed to be over 7,000 spoken languages in the world and all babies have the the ability to learn any one of these languages..
I believe that gesturing with ones hands or making a sound came before the ability to speak a language and is the first form of communication. Then mutations occurred that allowed man to move his mouth to make varies sounds. All existing languages can be learned by any child. A child by about the age of 5 knows enough language to communicate but does not have the ability to plan and pass ideas on until starting to become an adult. Each child must learn the ability to pass on knowledge to the next generation. I think that man learned enough language to communicate but did not spread out to the whole world until man developed the ability to plan and pass ideas on to the next generation. Only humans have this ability to plan and pass ideas on to the next generation through language and gestures. Many think this happened maybe as far back as 200,000 or more years ago. There are now believed to be over 7,000 spoken languages in the world and all babies have the the ability to learn any one of these languages..
Theory of Passing All Knowledge Learned onto the Next Generation
Theory of Passing All Knowledge Learned onto the Next Generation
To become man, then man must have the ability to pass all his known knowledge learned onto the next generation. Only man passes on what he has learned to the mind of the next generation. All other living creatures except man do not pass on what they know to the next generation. An animal can not related what has happen the previous day. All other living things (animals) must rediscover and learn enough knowledge to survive each new generation. There are many mutations that has gone into the mans ability to speak and pass knowledge onto the next generation. Some of these mutations are suggested in the following discussions. One of the first was man developing the ability to walk upright and this freeing up mans hands so that he could gesture along with making sounds and making tools. Another is the physical ability to say words. The size of the brain must have increased. I say the brain must have been larger than now to give passing on knowledge a boast. Man must have been smarter than now. Man developed more persistence and the ability to stick to a project longer and not give up. This aided him in hunting, in tool making and in developing language. Man must have had more resistance to disease than now to give passing on knowledge a boast. Man must have lived longer than now to give passing on knowledge a boast. An example is demonstrated by women. Women live longer now than men and I think the reason is because of the need to pass knowledge onto the next generation through the maternal line. Man learned tool making and passed it on. Man mastered fire and passed it on. Man had to develop a language to speak and understand. Man must know the next word in a sentence before he speaks the next word. Even knowing a language is still not enough because man must plan ahead to survive and pass the language onto future generations. Man is the only living thing to pass on what he has learned to the next generation by word of mouth. I suggest that the need to live longer, the need to have a larger brain and the need to have more intellectual ability is being reduced by developing the ability to write things down and record them. Living in a town or city requires less skills than one living individually on ones own. I personally think we do not live as long or have as large a brain as before writing was invented or cities created because by selection there is less need so nature has reduced the size. Man exists because of his ability to pass knowledge onto the next generation. I realize that all the ideas that I have discussed are open to debate and may not be exactly how it was. Still, one should consider these ideas.
To become man, then man must have the ability to pass all his known knowledge learned onto the next generation. Only man passes on what he has learned to the mind of the next generation. All other living creatures except man do not pass on what they know to the next generation. An animal can not related what has happen the previous day. All other living things (animals) must rediscover and learn enough knowledge to survive each new generation. There are many mutations that has gone into the mans ability to speak and pass knowledge onto the next generation. Some of these mutations are suggested in the following discussions. One of the first was man developing the ability to walk upright and this freeing up mans hands so that he could gesture along with making sounds and making tools. Another is the physical ability to say words. The size of the brain must have increased. I say the brain must have been larger than now to give passing on knowledge a boast. Man must have been smarter than now. Man developed more persistence and the ability to stick to a project longer and not give up. This aided him in hunting, in tool making and in developing language. Man must have had more resistance to disease than now to give passing on knowledge a boast. Man must have lived longer than now to give passing on knowledge a boast. An example is demonstrated by women. Women live longer now than men and I think the reason is because of the need to pass knowledge onto the next generation through the maternal line. Man learned tool making and passed it on. Man mastered fire and passed it on. Man had to develop a language to speak and understand. Man must know the next word in a sentence before he speaks the next word. Even knowing a language is still not enough because man must plan ahead to survive and pass the language onto future generations. Man is the only living thing to pass on what he has learned to the next generation by word of mouth. I suggest that the need to live longer, the need to have a larger brain and the need to have more intellectual ability is being reduced by developing the ability to write things down and record them. Living in a town or city requires less skills than one living individually on ones own. I personally think we do not live as long or have as large a brain as before writing was invented or cities created because by selection there is less need so nature has reduced the size. Man exists because of his ability to pass knowledge onto the next generation. I realize that all the ideas that I have discussed are open to debate and may not be exactly how it was. Still, one should consider these ideas.
Theory of Mind
Theory of Mind
Also consider that in our past a mutation caused the theory of mind ability in a baby. All babies come to realize that the other persons with them will realize when the baby makes a noise or points that the other person will react. The other person will respond by doing something to help the baby. The baby understands this. No other living creature has this mind ability. For a human to function adequately in this world, our mind must learn as a baby to communicate.
Also consider that in our past a mutation caused the theory of mind ability in a baby. All babies come to realize that the other persons with them will realize when the baby makes a noise or points that the other person will react. The other person will respond by doing something to help the baby. The baby understands this. No other living creature has this mind ability. For a human to function adequately in this world, our mind must learn as a baby to communicate.
The Great Vowel Shift
The English language pronunciation has been affected over time by how the sound of the vowels are spoken. Other languages would be more similar if the sound of the vowels were all spoken identical. Other languages do not seem to have been affected as much over the past same period of years by this vowel shifting. The 12th and 13th century saw the use of French as the court language and English as the peoples language in England. The 14th through the 18th century saw "The Great Vowel Shift" occur to the English language. The result is that now it is difficult to understand the English language that was spoken in the 14th century even if they are saying the same words but sound different. It happen slowly over time at different speeds in different places in England. There are many reasons for this to occurred such as the plague, religion, the printing press and industrialization.
The English language pronunciation has been affected over time by how the sound of the vowels are spoken. Other languages would be more similar if the sound of the vowels were all spoken identical. Other languages do not seem to have been affected as much over the past same period of years by this vowel shifting. The 12th and 13th century saw the use of French as the court language and English as the peoples language in England. The 14th through the 18th century saw "The Great Vowel Shift" occur to the English language. The result is that now it is difficult to understand the English language that was spoken in the 14th century even if they are saying the same words but sound different. It happen slowly over time at different speeds in different places in England. There are many reasons for this to occurred such as the plague, religion, the printing press and industrialization.
How Old Are Words
I suggest that many one to five letter words may date back to the time when man was a caveman. The shorter the word, the greater the odds that the word is older and the more often the word is used. There are different time frames each extending further back such as the bronze age, the Indo- European age, start of the farming age, the hunter gather age, caveman age and finally the Neanderthal age. The one or two letter words may date back to some of our ancestors such as tracing to the Neanderthals. The idea being that the more letters a word has, the shorter the time that the word has been in use. The shorter the word, the more common the word, the more likely the words appear to be words that one would expect to be longer in time usage. I like to think of them as Grunt Words. Easy to say, easy to use and with very little effort. How many words does it take to sail a boat across the sea?
I suggest that many one to five letter words may date back to the time when man was a caveman. The shorter the word, the greater the odds that the word is older and the more often the word is used. There are different time frames each extending further back such as the bronze age, the Indo- European age, start of the farming age, the hunter gather age, caveman age and finally the Neanderthal age. The one or two letter words may date back to some of our ancestors such as tracing to the Neanderthals. The idea being that the more letters a word has, the shorter the time that the word has been in use. The shorter the word, the more common the word, the more likely the words appear to be words that one would expect to be longer in time usage. I like to think of them as Grunt Words. Easy to say, easy to use and with very little effort. How many words does it take to sail a boat across the sea?
Most recently it is said that the first written alphabet was in Hebrew. Before that each word was represented by a picture.
I also think that the shorter the word the more frequently such a word is used. So these shorter words have been used a longer period of time and are used more frequently.
I also think that the shorter the word the more frequently such a word is used. So these shorter words have been used a longer period of time and are used more frequently.
Examples of shorter words on this web page are given below. I came up with the following English one syllable words that are one to five letters in length and containing one or two vowels:
Examples of shorter words on this web page are given below. I came up with the following English one syllable words that are one to five letters in length and containing one or two vowels: