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The fact that the Piraha have no numbers demonstrates that culture influences the way we speak.

Wernicke's area is responsible for syntactic processing.

Human language began once conversations were possible.

Homo neanderthalensis wore clothes and had language ability.

Chomsky separates language from human existence. He does not believe that culture plays a role in the way we speak.

There is plenty of evidence that linguistic universals and universal grammar are innate.

The Piraha did not believe Everett's biblical stories because they only believe what they see.

Primates closely related to humans have larger cortical association areas and better motor skills for tongue movement.

There is a coincidence between bipedalism and language development or use.

Evolutional theory is unscientific because nobody was there to witness the changes.

The Piraha do not possess the ability to think symbolically because they do not have numbers and color words.

Evolution describes how humans developed.

There are no more simple languages on earth because there no longer are simple civilizations.

Primates cannot speak because their vocal apparatus is underdeveloped.

A thought is linguistic in nature as it will later on result in speech.

Homo erectus strictu sensu branched off into homo denisova and homo neanderthalensis.

Natural selection demonstrates that better adapted organisms have better chances to survive and produce offspring

Both language and animal communication are just modes of communication.

Homo sapiens was the first to wander the earth because of its wisdom.

Sub-Saharan people do not see as well as we do.