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Every day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing ituff0eIt is not the amazing complexity of televisionuff0cnor the impressive technology of transportuff0eThe universal wonder we share andexperience is our ability to make noises with our mouthsuff0cand so transmit ideas and thoughts to each otheru2019s mindsuff0eThis ability comes so naturally that tend to forget what a miracleuff08u5947u8ff9uff09it isuff0e

Obviouslyuff0cthe ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animalsuff0eOf courseuff0csome animals have powers just as amazinguff0eBirds can fly thousands of miles by observing positions of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and yearuff0eIn Natureu2019s went showuff0chumans are a species of animal that have developed their own special actuff0eIf we reduce it to basic termsuff0citu2019s a ability for communicating information to othersuff0cby varying sounds we make as we breathe outuff0e

Not that we donu2019t have other powers of communicationuff0eOur facial expressions convey our emotionsuff0csuch as angeruff0cor joyuff0cor disappointmentuff0eThe way we hold our beads can indicate to others whether we are happy or saduff0eThis is so-calledu201cbody languageu201duff0eBristlinguff08u76f4u7acbu7684uff09fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among many animalsuff0eSimilarlyuff0cthe bowed bead or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gatheringuff0e

Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animalsuff0cincluding human beingsuff0cinstinctively acquire and displayuff0eIs the ability to speak just another sort of instinctuff1fIf souff0chow did human beings acquire this amazing skilluff1fBiologists can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms functionuff0cbut this doesnu2019t tell us how that part of our bodies originated in our biological historyuff0e""questionList":{"1":{