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Author Topic:   Simultaneous appearance of written language and common man
Tanndarr
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Message 1 of 2 (492383)
12-30-2008 6:41 PM


In http://EvC Forum: Peg Topic Index -->EvC Forum: Peg Topic Index (okay I could use help changing how the link looks) Peg indicates that fully formed writing systems appear at the same time as modern man:
Peg says:
i certainly think that written language is unique to todays humans...i've never been presented with anything different...and as i've already stated, written language has only been around for the last 5,000 odd years... unless you can present anything different on this???
I asked Peg for evidence to support her position and received a long answer about spoken languages. I'd like to ask Peg again to provide evidence that supports the idea that modern man appears simultaneously with written language.
Peg, the difference between written and spoken language is that written languages leave evidence. I've stated that there is a smooth transition from proto-languages through written languages a fact that's easy to infer on observation of the evidence. Pictures turn into ideograms and eventually into written languages, not suddenly but gradually.
Could you please show me the correlation of the appearance of modern man and fully formed writing systems that is consistent with either creation or with survival after the flood. When I look all I see is unrelated writing systems appearing in different areas demonstrating a smooth transition from proto-writing through complex writing systems.

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Message 2 of 2 (492385)
12-30-2008 6:52 PM


Thread copied to the Simultaneous appearance of written language and common man thread in the Human Origins and Evolution forum, this copy of the thread has been closed.

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