Teleology & evolution: Vocal cord development (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, December 14, 2016, 15:03 (2901 days ago) @ dhw

dhw:I regard my proposal below as being just as reasonable as the hypothesis that there was a sudden change when God intervened and fiddled with our vocal tracts.

The fossil record is incontrovertible that the vocal tracts changed with each prior species of Homo prior to sapiens and with sapiens.

dhw: And if it is true that monkeys are capable of making the same sounds as us, I would regard that as supporting my case.

Their ability to speak as we do is theoretical. Mc Crone talks about tongue muscle control, lip control, clipped breath control as issues to be handled. Monkeys could learn all of that as muscles are trained, if they had the brains. Muscle controls must be developed.