Chapter 3 CALL (From the Call of Birds to the Pot of Corn Born from Cultivation)

This chapter explores the sound “CALL” as a primordial F0 unit in the evolution of human language. Approaching the topic through evolutionary biology, ecology, bioacoustics, and comparative linguistics, the study argues that “call” originated from humans imitating animal vocalizations, especially bird calls used for warning, gathering, and survival. Using the Primordial Echo (F0–F1–F2–F3) framework, the chapter traces how “CALL” expanded into a network of related words such as Catch, Cause, Cold, Corn, Cook, Coin, and Core, revealing a coherent evolutionary logic linking sound, ecology, subsistence, and early social organization. Rather than viewing language as a purely human invention, this chapter proposes that some foundational linguistic roots emerged from interspecies listening, preserving a collective acoustic memory of life in the natural world.