>Now, AAT (or better: the consistent comparative approach, of which >AAT is
>only a part) gives new insights in a lot of what were >"problems", in this
>case: language origins, brain size,
>etc.
Hi, Glen here. Hate to set the conversation back a few notches but I just
got here and I have to ask: What's AAT exactly? (Aquatic Ape Theory?? What
in the world is that?!) And what really are these "problems" concerning
language origins anyway?
I study comparative linguistics and am not really caught up on the more
Chomsky-esque topics to do with anthropology. I guess Chomsky et al. simply
frighten me because their theories unconsciously seem trite and
unnecessarily complex (as somewhat else has just alluded to) but I've never
sat down and looked it all so I admit to my ignorance.
- gLeN
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