Pratt, J. P. et al.: Prairie Dog Language?

John P. Pratt, Ronald P. Millett: Prairie Dog Language?
In: Meridian Magazine, Monday, April 27 2009

Artikel: http://www.ldsmag.com/article/5413/1


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Prairie dogs use a sophisticated vocabulary in their warning barks, which again raises the question of whether mankind alone communicates by audible language.

The ability to formulate and use language has long been considered to be a key differentiating characteristic that distinguishes man from animals. Although that argument has been used by creationists to counter evolutionary theories, the entire conjecture may be without scriptural foundation. That is, the scriptures do not tell us that animals don't communicate, and there are indications that they might have sufficient intelligence to do so (Gen. 3:1, 7:9, Num. 22:28). Do animals really communicate to each other with the variety of sounds they can produce?
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