Evidently, there is some form of correlation between language and theory of mind. Drawing attention back to the table outlining the development of theory of mind in a child, it is clear that as the theory of mind is developing, the child is acquiring language at the same time (all this is under the presumption that the child is not suffering from any form of disability, like Autism or Deafness).

With this correlation in mind, many evolutionists have been fascinated with the order with which language or theory of mind came about. Was it language that preceded theory of mind, or vice versa? Or did they both co-evolve at the same time? Perhaps there may have been other factors involved in the evolution process.

For this chapter, we are concerned with two schools of thought proposed by researchers: TOM precedes language and language precedes TOM. We would then conclude and propose our own school of thought based on the findings of researchers in the previous schools of thought.