Eli5: How did language develop? And on top of that how did a written language develop?

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Basically what i am asking is how were people suddenly able to understand each other and form words for things? Also how did they then take those words and create letters and writing in a way that other people could understand?

Another question I have is when did languages actually develop and how do we even know?

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Thog points at a stone and says “rok”. Everyone else in the cave starts saying “rok” when they want to talk about it.

The development of language, whether written or spoken, it a long series of people agreeing on what sound refers to what object or what a symbol means, then teaching that to other people. The natural evolution of language takes a long time when starting from nothing.

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