My dear, dear Glennie. You are a master at weazel words. At the
apex of language studies is one mega language which theoretically
encapsulates all the sister languages. From this mega language all
others find derivation (some are more closely related while others
have very few terms in common). That languages "evolved" in a
fashion similar to that proposed by Darwin is ONLY one explanation.
If one rejects a Darwinian paradigm and instead views both biological
and psychological studies (both mind and body) in a similar fashion,
then Ernst Haeckel's embryo development can accompany "brain science"
as illustrated by McClean as well as by Wilder Penfield. Why don't
you check out these references and then get back to me with an
alternate hypothesis? I even give you a hint: an onion!

Gerry

--- In nostratic@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:
> No, no, Gerry! "Playful" is a *good* thing... It's "unfocused"
> that's bad... :P