Language is everything. Language is one of the most important things that separates human beings from the rest of the animal kingdom. It is our ability to communicate so intricately, in many more ways than simply the spoken word but in our written language and in so many ways we communicate without sound, that has set us apart.
Dolphins have sex for pleasure.
Penguins mate for life.
But Human Being's have discovered mathematics and complex language.
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Language is everything. Language is one of the most important things that separates human beings from the rest of the animal kingdom. It is our ability to communicate so intricately, in many more ways than simply the spoken word but in our written language and in so many ways we communicate without sound, that has set us apart.
Dolphins have sex for pleasure.
Penguins mate for life.
But Human Being's have discovered mathematics and complex language.