Name: 马克·佩格尔：语言如何改变人类
Uploaded: 2011-08-03T15:15:37Z
Duration: 19 min 53 s
Description: 生物学家马克·佩格尔与我们分享了一个关于人类如何发展复杂的语言系统的有趣理论。他认为，语言是一种社会技术，它帮助人类早期部落获得了一个强有力的新工具：合作。

Mark Pagel: 马克·佩格尔：语言如何改变人类

马克·佩格尔：语言如何改变人类

生物学家马克·佩格尔与我们分享了一个关于人类如何发展复杂的语言系统的有趣理论。他认为，语言是一种社会技术，它帮助人类早期部落获得了一个强有力的新工具：合作。

Language is not just a tool for communication; it is humanity’s most radical invention, enabling direct transfer of ideas and unlocking large-scale cooperation. Unlike other animals, humans learned to share and accumulate knowledge, which fueled innovations from hand axes to space shuttles. In Papua New Guinea, a new language can be found every mile, showing how language can both unite and divide. As the world grows more connected, the challenge of thousands of different languages hinders global cooperation and exchange.