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1. Language almost certainly predates our own species

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:54 AM

Feb 2012

And is extremely mutable. Trying to find a point of origin seems a bit quixotic

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"Out-of-Africa" hypothesis for origin of Language may not be correct [View all] naragdaban Feb 2012 OP

Language almost certainly predates our own species Scootaloo Feb 2012 #1

Barring the development of a time machine, the comparative method Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #2

Unless you like folks like Ivanov or Ruhlen. Igel Feb 2012 #3

I am leaning toward less emphasis on the spoken word geography notion. littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #4