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100 Reasons to Choose Biblical Creation Over Evolution
30. Human Language
Scientists agree that the human brain is unique in its configuration. In all the animal kingdom, ours is the only one which appears to be "wired" for speech. Likewise, our bodies are ideally structured for speech. Our throats are equipped with a voice box, which is suspended by the hyoid bone, working together with a supple tongue and lips makes us perfectly equipped to form words. The question is, which evolved first?
It makes no sense for an organism to evolve a brain wired for speech when the body is physically incapable of forming words. Likewise why would an organism evolve a mouth and throat capable of speech when the brain is completely incapable of producing meaningful words? Both must have occurred together. Again, this conflicts with the evolution scenario of millions of years of slow development. The only other viable explanation for our ability to speak is sudden creationA.
30.Human Language - Notes and References
A. "If we are honest, we will face the facts and admit that we can find no evolutionary development to explain our unique speech center [in the human brain]." Mark P. Cosgrove, "The Amazing Body Human", Grand Rapids, Baker Book House, 1987, p.164