...the biological evidence of language is
>first found in the fossil record from 2 million years ago in the brain of
>Homo Habilis. I do not recall them adressing this issue. I do not own that
>book so I can't check. If my memory is correct, and they don't address this
>issue, don't you think they should have?
>I do know that Hugh Ross doesn't address this nor do the young earth
>creationists.
>
If I remember correctly, this is based on the presence of the broca region
in H. habilis fossils. That is, their skulls have a cavity where the broca
region should be. Which raises the following questions: 1) How did the
investigators establish that the cavity they found -- which -- houses the
broca region in extant humans -- would have housed the broca region 2
million years ago? 2) How did they establish that the broca region has
always been used for speech -- even 2 million years ago?
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