Explanations of when human language first developed have not lent themselves to conclusive testing. Estimates range from two million years ago to fairly recently. Languages left little trace until we invented writing about 5,000 years ago.
Our complex language separates us from other mammals. Humans alone can use language to make things up. We invent belief systems and then believe them.
Consider the following: animal rights, paper money, the 33 Hindu gods, Portland's governance structure, baseball rules, western civilization, human rights.
These things exist because we used words to make them up.
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