[open] language came from Africa

[Assyrian]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/science/15language.html?_r=1&ref=science

Dr. Atkinson, an expert at applying mathematical methods to linguistics, has found a simple but striking pattern in some 500 languages spoken throughout the world: A language area uses fewer phonemes the farther that early humans had to travel from Africa to reach it. Some of the click-using languages of Africa have more than 100 phonemes, whereas Hawaiian, toward the far end of the human migration route out of Africa, has only 13. English has about 45 phonemes.
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[philadiddle]

Languages are shown to originate in Africa? Isn't that also what genetic testing shows? And biogeography? And various other independent methods to track human origins?

This science stuff is too consistent for me...

 

[Assyrian]

shows lack of imagination it does

 

[AnswersInHovind]

Apart from mormons, does anyone deny that humans originated in Africa?

 

[Assyrian]

Any creationist who places Eden in Mesopotamia?

 

[Mr Dave]

Interesting stuff. Merely subscribing for now.

 

[shernren]

But they've never found a language with thirteen and a half phonemes, have they?

GAPS!

 

[Assyrian]

glottal stop?

 

[shernren]

Complex specified intonation.

 

[Jazer]

Any creationist who places Eden in Mesopotamia?

Yes Eden was in "Mesopotamia" between the Tigris–Euphrates rivers. The Bible is a very accurate History Book. 100 years of archaeology have proven the Bible to be true over and over again. I was just watching some videos on youtube about ancient Mesopotamia civilizations. Abraham was a Chaldean from the City of Ur. They were around just a little bit before the Assyrians. Just like the Assyrians adopted the Charriot with it's spoked wheel from the Hittites. They also got a lot of their knowledge from the Chaldeans.

 

[Incariol]

Yes Eden was in "Mesopotamia" between the Tigris-Euphrates rivers. The Bible is a very accurate History Book. 100 years of archaeology have proven the Bible to be true over and over again. I was just watching some videos on youtube

I'm afraid not. Archaeology does not come from youtube

 

[Jazer]

I'm afraid not. Archaeology does not come from youtube

I was talking about the "TimeLife: The Lost Civilisations - Mesopotamia 1/6" and other documentarys about Mesopotamia that can be found on Youtube. They make it very easy to learn a lot in just a short hour of time. It is always nice when you can enjoy the fruit of the labor of someone elses research and investigation.

 

[Mallon]

language came from Africa

The Bible is a very accurate History Book. 100 years of archaeology have proven the Bible to be true over and over again.

 

[philadiddle]

Yes Eden was in "Mesopotamia" between the Tigris–Euphrates rivers.

Wasn't the earth reshaped by the flood? Wouldn't that mean that the Tigris and Euphrates wouldn't have existed in the time of Eden? Or maybe you're an OEC or local flood believer?

The Bible is a very accurate History Book. 100 years of archaeology have proven the Bible to be true over and over again.

Yes but archaeology often employs methods such as C14 dating and that also confirms that humans have been around for 50,000+ years, so how can we really trust archaeology?

I'm also wondering, does your post somehow address what the OP said?