Paul Alsberg's anthropology could support the reform of Husserlian phenomenology conducted by Carmine Di Martino in his Viventi umani e non umani, not only showing the autopoietic effects of the human technological activity with the principle of body-liberation, but also understanding language as a particular tool. This paper investigates technology and language as crucial factors employed to draw the line between human and non-human living being in a discontinuistic evolutionary perspective.