The following is an excerpt from the article “A Meme is Not Just a Meme!” by Thomas Pool. Is each of the following underlined sentence parts a phrase, an independent clause, or a dependent clause?
“We owe our survival as a species to two very important aspects of human nature: the ability to recognize patterns and the ability to convey that knowledge to others. For example, if cave dweller 1 sees that cave dweller 2 died after having eaten some wild berries plucked from a nearby bush, then cave dweller 1 would know not to eat those berries, and it was best to let others know not to eat them either. This need to exchange information led to the invention of language, a system of patterns contained in sounds and symbols that allows information to be stored and transferred. We love patterns. Just look, and you’ll notice the patterns all around you. We hardly notice how many surround us until we focus on them. Our brains are so good at recognizing them, we don’t even realize they are there.”
we owe our survival as a species to two very important aspects of human nature
the ability to convey that knowledge to others
if cave dweller 1 sees that cave dweller 2 died after having eaten some wild berries plucked from a nearby bus
this need to exchange information led to the invention of language
we love patterns