How might the development of language (or lack thereof) have helped or hindered the way these aspects of civilization evolved? How has language helped us as a species become more prosperous? What are some examples that Pagel gives?

What is the FOXP2 gene and how does it relate to the evolution of language? What are your thoughts about the implications surrounding the FOXP2 gene?

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

Which of the following is true of cultural syndromes of distress? a. it refers to attributing pathological symptoms to normative cultural differences. b. refers to misinterpreting culturally sanctioned behavior as expressions of pathological symptoms. c. it refers to the ways that communities and cultural groups communicate and express their distressing thoughts, behaviors, and emotions. d. it refers to patterns of symptoms that tend to cluster together for individuals in specific cultural groups, communities, or contexts.

Why was new orleans destined to be the center of slave trade in the southern united states