1. Mouth to Ear
Output Mouth/Input Ear
Medium: Sound
100 to 200 wpmSpoken
Age
1,000,000
to
20,000
BC
M
edium
=
Spoken
Language
W
ritten
Age
20,000
BC
to
Present
M
edium
=
W
ritten
Language
VisualAge
Presentto
Future
M
edium
=
VisualLanguage
Hand to Eye
Output Hand/Input Eye
Medium: Light
100-500 wpm
Screen to Eye
Output Video Display/Input Eye
Medium: Light
??? wpm
“BA-NA-NA”
Banana
“Look Ma, no hands or mouth but I am communicating with Visual Language”
A VISUAL HISTORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN COMMUNICATIONA VISUAL HISTORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION