by tubeswell » Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:49 am
Well sure, in as much as the species behaviour of any species is determined by the environment (including culture) in which the species has evolved.
I would argue that verbal/symbolic language is inherent human species behaviour. Our brains have evolved over millennia to be adapted to learn and use language to an incredibly sophisticated extent. Just like fish have evolved to move, breathe, eat, communicate and reproduce etc, in water. Here we sit, discussing the implications of language and behaviour, on a computer forum, that works by very specific language etc, whilst 'conversing' in a written language derived from the english language lexicon (but adapted with subsequent cultural influences, such as 'American English' etc, where one can use "Australian English' (or whatever-english) keyboard settings, and even get the exogenous cultural jokes (scots, german etc) about 'english', or we can use 'google translate' or wikipedia etc if we don't get it.
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
If you are seeing an apparent paradox, that means you are missing something.