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From: long@oliveb.UUCP (A Panther Modern)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: The Scientific Case for Creation: (Part 6)
Message-ID: <385@oliveb.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Apr-85 15:36:10 EDT
Article-I.D.: oliveb.385
Posted: Thu Apr 25 15:36:10 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 28-Apr-85 08:48:39 EDT
Reply-To: long@oliveb.UUCP (A Panther Modern)
Organization: the Sprawl
Lines: 11
Summary: 

>        12.  If languages evolved, the earliest languages should be the
>             simplest.  

    Think about that for a moment.  Things evolve to perform better in their
environment.  In the case of language, the simpler the language, the better.
I am not saying that languages all simplify, just that in most cases, simpli-
fication suits the needs of the speakers of the language better.
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