Scientists Uncover Lost ‘Golden Age’ of Languages That Ended 1,000 Years Ago
Here are the studies this week that spoke in tongues, sought forbidden love, orbited an orbiter, and performed ritual magic.First, scientists have uncovered a “golden age” of languages that flourished for millennia before fading into our dark age of linguistic extinction. The silence of long-lost languagesBlasi, Damián et al. The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene.
- ▪Here are the studies this week that spoke in tongues, sought forbidden love, orbited an orbiter, and performed ritual magic.First, scientists have uncovered a “golden age” of languages that flourished for millennia before fading into our da
- ▪The silence of long-lost languagesBlasi, Damián et al.
- ▪The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene.
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Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that spoke in tongues, sought forbidden love, orbited an orbiter, and performed ritual magic.First, scientists have uncovered a “golden age” of languages that flourished for millennia before fading into our dark age of linguistic extinction. Then, Alan Turing’s erotica, the search for the first exomoon, and the cave of the Old Ancestors.As always, for more of my work, check out my book First Contact: The Story of Our Obsession with Aliens, or subscribe to my personal newsletter the BeX Files. The silence of long-lost languagesBlasi, Damián et al. The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene.
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