{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Educational Evidence","provider_url":"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/en\/","author_name":"educational EVIDENCE","author_url":"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/en\/author\/educational-evidence\/","title":"On the origins of human articulated speech - Educational Evidence","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VttWiM9O0K\"><a href=\"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/en\/on-the-origins-of-human-articulated-speech\/\">On the origins of human articulated speech<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/en\/on-the-origins-of-human-articulated-speech\/embed\/#?secret=VttWiM9O0K\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;On the origins of human articulated speech&#8221; &#8212; Educational Evidence\" data-secret=\"VttWiM9O0K\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/human-evolution-9112117_1280.jpg","thumbnail_width":900,"thumbnail_height":615,"description":"Tracing the origins of human articulated speech is no simple task, largely because speech does not fossilise. There are no texts or recordings to tell us when humans first began to speak. What, then, can we do? Inevitably, we must appeal to informed imagination. Evolution works with what is already in place"}