Human evolution; our complex speech mechanism (Introduction)

by David Turell , Saturday, May 02, 2020, 16:04 (1666 days ago) @ dhw

QUOTE: "Finding an AF-like pathway in macaques may not even represent their earliest development, notes Petkov, who points out, "there may be more brain 'fossils' yet to be discovered with even earlier evolutionary origins. Or it may be discovered that the origin of this pathway traces back even further if another brain "fossil" is found.'"

DAVID: Tracts in the brain have to begin development somewhere in time as evolution progressed to produce humans and their ability to have speech and language. As always I view this a God's preplanning for the future.

dhw: I agree totally with your first sentence, because I believe in common descent. What mystifies me is that your now totally hands-on God apparently only wanted to directly design H. sapiens, but first he had to directly design the arcuate fasciculus 20-25million years ago, and then all the other bits and pieces over the next umpteen millions of years just to produce our voices. Fortunately, you’ve given us your answer to the mystery under “David’s Theory of Evolution”.

I am still surprised at your surprise. I've always said God speciated. In the book we worked on Atheist Delusion, there is a section you will remember on a vertebral change from 20+ million years ago that foretold upright posture. I always point out pre-planning when I see it. Do you deny the possibility that God planed ahead as He designed advances in evolution? Pre-planning, advanced programming, dabbling are all just reasonable guesses as to His methodology. You always debate them as if they were written on stone, when they can't be.