Questão de Inglês — Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension — CPCON 2025
InglêsInterpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
- Código
- qg437290
- Banca
- CPCON
- Órgão
- Prefeitura de Nova Palmeira - PB
- Ano
- 2025
- Nível
- Superior
- Cargo
- Professor de Inglês
Researchers say they have found the likely time in history when human beings first began to speak. Dr Steven Mithen, an archaeologist and expert in prehistory, suggested that basic language was formed around 1.6 million years ago. This is eight times earlier than many scientists thought. Experts in evolution previously believed that spoken human language began around 200,000 years ago. Mithen said his studies show that the first human language developed either in eastern or southern Africa. He said the ability to speak helped evolution. He said speech was, "without doubt, the key which made much of subsequent human physical and cultural evolution possible".Dr Mithen explains how he believes human speech developed so long ago in his new book called, "The Language Puzzle". He says our brain quickly increased in size just over 1.5 million years ago. This increase changed the structure of our brain. An area called the frontal lobe developed. This is the part of the brain that produces language. Another important change was the development of our vocal tract. This is where we produce sound, and therefore speech. Mithen said speech allowed humans to spread around the world. It meant humans could do three important things. They could think of and plan future actions, and they could pass on knowledge. Mithen said language "changed the human story profoundly".https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/human-language-study-origins-speaking-b2514451.htmlhttps://uk.news.yahoo.com/celebrity/humans-speaking-lot-longer-originally-145649872.htmlhttps://sciworthy.com/how-did-humans-learn-to-speak/According to Dr. Steven Mithen, what was the most significant consequence of the development of human speech for early humans?
- AIt allowed humans to communicate solely through gestures and body language.
- BIt enabled early humans to establish large urban societies.
- CIt made possible a profound change in human physical and cultural evolution.
- DIt led to the development of agriculture and complex economic systems.
- EIt restricted human migration to eastern and southern Africa.