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Some paleolinguists have floated the idea of an original human language they call “Proto-Sapiens.” Is that what our ancestors were speaking when they built the Tower of Babel?

October 21, 2020 | Philologos

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A diorama showing ancient cavemen inside the National Museum of Mongolian History in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Wikimedia.

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