if a human being was born in the wild and left alone. When this person grows to be able to think, would they think using a language of their own or would they just develop an understanding of the world around?

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if a human being was born in the wild and left alone. When this person grows to be able to think, would they think using a language of their own or would they just develop an understanding of the world around?

In: Biology

Answer 1

There was a radiolab episode about a deaf man who was never taught any sign language or gestures even. He had zero language, couldn’t read lips, etc. Then someone taught him ASL. https://radiolab.org/podcast/91725-words