First known languages are highly complex (Talk.Origins)

Claim CG110:


 * The first known human languages were already very complex. Languages do not show an evolutionary progression we would expect if humans evolved gradually.

Source:

Skjaerlund, David, n.d. Creationism explains human diversity.

CreationWiki response:

The wording given above by Talk.Origins misrepresents what the source actually says. The closest sentence to the wording of the claim is:

By the way it is actually a quote from evolutionist George Simpson.

This does not change the fact that there is no evidence for a gradual development. Besides, some ancient spoken languages have been preserved. Hebrew and Greek are good examples.

The claim, that language had been developing for an unknown period of time before written language evolved, is itself an assumption based on the philosophy of evolution. It is not a documented fact.

These do not constitute a reasonably reconstructed language.

As primeiras línguas conhecidas são altamente complexas (Talk.Origins)