>The *ability* to communicate must have preceded culture, because there can
>be
>no culture without communication. But since there can be no communication
>without someone to communicate with, actual communication and culture
>probably developed about the same time.
Depends on what you mean by culture. There is (was?) a hypothesis that
language developed because anthropoid groups grew too large for the group
members to all engage in mutual grooming.
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