Hypothetically, that is.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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    Raise a group of a dozen newborns with absolutely zero contact outside of their own group. Food and necessities get provided of course, but no language learning, no nurturing, no generational teaching.

    What kind of community do they form when they are old enough to grasp such things? Do they develop their own language; or a different method of communication entirely. How do they stratify their society, or even do they?

    At a certain point, when they are old enough, introduce challenges that only work if they cooperate with one another. See what happens.