what came first thought or language

Language came after Thought In order to be able to prove the statement ‘Language came after thought’, the words ‘language’ and ‘thought’ first will have to be defined. Language could be described as a system for formulating and communicating information, thoughts and feelings. There is, however, not one adequate definition of thinking, since most definitions do not cover all aspects of thought. It could be defined as a mental activity, but also as the way …

…to traditional concepts. The system existing in our heads is much more complex and great than the system of language; language is a tool for organizing thinking because it often bears the concepts of thought. If language came before thought then thinking would not be possible without the language based concepts. This means that language would have to be the basis of thinking and not just the means of communicating. Therefore, thought came before language.