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And finally the third group of conditions also confirms the evolutionary theory of continuity. The rule of the structural dualism says that language consists of two levels. On the lower \ abstract level we can observe the use of meaningless phonemes, whereas on the upper level phonemes are assigned some meaning and thus become words. Single sounds for birds are meaningless, but when these sounds are arranged in a melody they, automatically, start to carry some communicative meaning. Speech autonomy enables people to refer to situations remote in time and space. But actually this phenomenon can be observed in the animal world too. Animals can, for example, repeat danger signals for a very long time after the danger disappears. Animals are also quite creative when it comes to their behavior, which is strongly connected with the changes of their living conditions.