Discuss the extent to which: (a) hunting and (b) constructing shelters would have been facilitated by the use of language. What other modes of communication could have been used for these activities?

(a) Use of language helped hunting activities of human beings in numerous ways:

• Now people are in a position of organizing and managing hunting expeditions
• They are now free to exchange their ideas about different animals in different regions.
• They could now discuss the nature and behavior of animals.
• They could now discuss regarding the types of tools to be used.

(b) Language helped in constructing shelters for early humans in the following ways:

• Now people could discuss regarding secure and safe places for the construction of shelters.
• Now people could gather information about the materials used in the construction of shelter.
• Information regarding resources in and around their surroundings can be easily obtained.
• They were now in a position to discuss the means to protect their shelters in severe conditions.

Other modes: Signs, symbols, cave paintings, engraving on walls and on the ceilings of caves were the other modes of communication used for various activities