>Is it not just kinda a given that before speech communication there was drawn image communication (like point at images and grunt)?
No, not really a given at all.
And those are not images -- they form a symbolic language. If we're merely talking about "point to images and grunt" it would concern drawings of animals and stuff, not abstract symbols. Those are already a kind of language.
And even if it was, having the same stock library of symbols used more or less across continents and ages is important enough in itself.
No, not really a given at all.
And those are not images -- they form a symbolic language. If we're merely talking about "point to images and grunt" it would concern drawings of animals and stuff, not abstract symbols. Those are already a kind of language.
And even if it was, having the same stock library of symbols used more or less across continents and ages is important enough in itself.