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Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of SCIENCE? (lemmy.world)
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Feel free to remove this, mods, if it's too tangential to modern science, but I thought the community might find this early nature vs. nurture hypothesis amusing

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

They ended up developing a rudimentary sign language based on facial expressions and gestures. Because the women who were taking care of them were strictly instructed to never speak… But they were never given any instructions regarding facial expressions or gestures. So the kids learned that expressions and gestures are how to communicate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Oh good, there's a bit of a silver lining. They weren't taught how to speak but the care-givers still interacted and communicated with them, albeit a limited amount.