Boomers are truly a unique generation
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That’s a complete lie. Language and expression would not exist if humans could not do it independently. We have art going back tens of thousands of years which uniquely display self awareness.
We had language tens of thousands of years ago, sure. We don't really know when and how it started. That's the subject of a great deal of academic debate. But we do know that children who aren't taught language, don't develop any language of their own, and behave in feral and animalistic ways.
What insanity are you referring to now? The most famous example of a “feral child”, Genie was literally abused and locked away in captivity, starved, and literally tied down the majority of her life. That’s not a naturally occurring phenomenon, she wasn’t out “living with wolves”, she was heavily abused, in trauma, and without stimulus from any form of realistic existence. The second she was exposed to stimuli she learned nonverbal communication almost immediately.
Genie is far from the only example. Saturday Mthiyane, Dina Sanichar, Marcos Pantoja, the Bamberg Boy, the Girl of Issaux, Victor of Aveyron, there have been dozens of feral children, and none of them were "capable of expressing self-awareness."
Feral African who suffered extreme cognitive damage from starvation and physical damage and otherwise literally next to nothing is known about him.
Again extreme cognitive damage from starvation
This one actually obliterates your argument. Not sure why you listed him.
Literally a deaf mute who was still found to have self awareness and taught himself how to cook vegetables before being captured.