Evolution: a different view (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, May 17, 2015, 19:41 (3477 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID McCrone says that todays' refined language requires the preparation of the prior anatomic changes we now use. If you accept the gaps in time indicated, it makes perfect sense to me, the anatomy came well before the current result we use.[/i]
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> dhw: Of course no one has such a record. “Has descriptions of how he thinks...”, “current theory says...” = pure speculation. And of course today's language requires the anatomy we now have. But why should anyone accept the gaps in time indicated, when they are nothing but theory and somebody's opinion? -They are based upon fossil record from apes to now, and preceded modern spoken language by millions of years-> 
> dhw: I am pleased that you are now repeatedly using the words “theory” and “theoretical”. I am in no position to discuss how or when or how quickly the anatomy developed, but you know as well as I do that NOBODY can tell us what sort of language that anatomy was used for.-McCrone's descriptions talk about handling bursts of air and how a few words could have been produced. He is the expert, I'm not, and I'm simply reporting his discussion. Since I have no other, I accept it as realistic.