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Hi everyone! <3 Mark Pagel it’s a teacher and chief of the Evolutionary Biology Group, and he talk about the language. He says the origin of the language relapse in the social learning and the ability we have for improve the ability of others. The social learning it’s a steal for the other: “I learn of your mistakes and your successes”, for this the language only emerges as cooperating of the humans. I think this idea maybe it’s a little evolutionist because he think the language it’s the maximum expression of the intelligence and the evolution, this idea forget the other ability the humans or animals have, for example: physical ability, in specific the fruit you can eat or where is water. But, I agree with the idea that the language has a big power, I really think the big societies like Maya’s or Tiwanaku have a big power for the union.   And I am not absolute sure about the idea the social learning it’s a steal, I think it’s like a mutual growth where it’s possible benefit

Background: Chile is a country with a big History, especially after what happened with the dictatorship. During the years 1973 to 1990 in Chile, ---- period of repression, resulting in a violation of the DDHH. This not have relation only with the liberty of expression, also happen enforced disappearances hund red  thousand people. These enforced disappearances that making a big scar in the life of the people having a relationship with the person, the members of the family of the missing person, make a many questions for example: Where they are? What happening? or Why?   This and more questions it’s make for the family of the victims, the uncertainty for don’t know what happening with the family making a serious psychological damage. That presents crucial questions, for example: the rol taking the estate with the victims and the family, like society response for the family…