Evolution

Evolution The American Heritage Dictionary defines communication as: the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, or behavior. For the purpose of this article, I will condense communication into two types: verbal and non-verbal. We as Humans use each of these in everyday conversations, and we seem to communicate better when both are used together. Barring an accident, injury, or disease, all humans are fully capable of mastering both forms. Verbal communication is, of course, speech. Not every sound that comes out of your mouth constitutes speech, however. Speech is the faculty or act of expressing or describing thoughts, feeling, or perceptions by the articulation of words. Because language is unique to human beings, and words being associated with language, I conclude that humans are the only creatures on Earth capable of verbal communication. I am aware, of course, that dogs bark and cats meow and cows moo, and that they use these sounds to communicate. My point is simple. These sounds are not part of a language, so they are non-verbal communication. Non-verbal communication covers every aspect of communication except speech. For the purpose of this article I will limit this to gestures, posture, and facial expressions. My field communication, children, language, communicate, speech, humans, verbal, one, article, two, each, boy, non-verbal, second, need, lot, know, first, about, word, way, very, time, things, struck, sounds, primates, order, limited, go, fact, every, children’s, both, between, being