Re: language origin, language evolution, evolutionary mutation

From: Jacques Guy (jguy_at_alphalink.com.au)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 04:37:05 -0700

All right, it hangs together logically, nicely. But
it is all speculation. You have 43 propositions there,
none of which is more than speculation. Let's be
generous, and grant each a 50% chance of being
right. You have about one chance in 9,000,000,000,000
of being right.

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