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The Semi-Aquatic Theory: Semi-Aquatic Evolutionary Phase and Environment, Language Development of Modern Humans. With a Short Epilog on Conceptualized Evolution, Social Ecology and the Quintuple Helix

The Semi-Aquatic Theory: Semi-Aquatic Evolutionary Phase and Environment, Language Development of Modern Humans. With a Short Epilog on Conceptualized Evolution, Social Ecology and the Quintuple Helix

George S. Campbell, David F.J. Campbell
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 2 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 16
ISSN: 1947-8402|EISSN: 1947-8410|EISBN13: 9781613509098|DOI: 10.4018/jsesd.2011010102
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Campbell, George S., and David F.J. Campbell. "The Semi-Aquatic Theory: Semi-Aquatic Evolutionary Phase and Environment, Language Development of Modern Humans. With a Short Epilog on Conceptualized Evolution, Social Ecology and the Quintuple Helix." IJSESD vol.2, no.1 2011: pp.15-30. http://doi.org/10.4018/jsesd.2011010102

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Campbell, G. S. & Campbell, D. F. (2011). The Semi-Aquatic Theory: Semi-Aquatic Evolutionary Phase and Environment, Language Development of Modern Humans. With a Short Epilog on Conceptualized Evolution, Social Ecology and the Quintuple Helix. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD), 2(1), 15-30. http://doi.org/10.4018/jsesd.2011010102

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Campbell, George S., and David F.J. Campbell. "The Semi-Aquatic Theory: Semi-Aquatic Evolutionary Phase and Environment, Language Development of Modern Humans. With a Short Epilog on Conceptualized Evolution, Social Ecology and the Quintuple Helix," International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD) 2, no.1: 15-30. http://doi.org/10.4018/jsesd.2011010102

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Abstract

This article presents the semi-aquatic theory motivated to provide an explanation for why or how did language of the modern humans develop? Key propositions of this theory are early hominids went through a semi-aquatic evolutionary phase and that this semi-aquatic environment exposed the early hominids to frequent visual reflections of their own image, thus transforming a “potential sense of self” to an “active sense of self”, which supported the language development of early hominids. In the epilog of this article, the semi-aquatic theory is being framed and assessed in context of a broader discussion that receives analytical input from “Conceptualized Evolution” and social ecology. Conceptualized Evolution distinguishes between “possible worlds of evolution” and “real worlds of evolution”. However, Conceptualized Evolution stresses that based on “theoretical” (theoretically designed) examples of evolution, even if they never existed empirically, much could be learned for an understanding of our real world. The semi-aquatic theory qualifies at least as a conceptually possible scenario of evolution.

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