Thank you for the clarification. I tried to exaggerate my point, but what you say is obviously true and much more nuanced.
In fact it's so easy to forget or ignore that we humans were just as smart and creative thousands of years ago as we are today.
But it's interesting and funny to think that our ancestors called each other mute, or rather unintelligible, because they didn't understand what the other one was saying. I find it endearing how we often stumble over our own limitations and quirks, so much that it is often ingrained in language and culture.
In fact it's so easy to forget or ignore that we humans were just as smart and creative thousands of years ago as we are today.
But it's interesting and funny to think that our ancestors called each other mute, or rather unintelligible, because they didn't understand what the other one was saying. I find it endearing how we often stumble over our own limitations and quirks, so much that it is often ingrained in language and culture.