And since most Atheists believe Darwin's theory that we evolved from a mitochondrial eve, why don't we all speak her language?

I've heard the religious side of the story many times. I'm now interested in the other side.

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What a dull un-thought out answer.

The religious version is more fun

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Butter Pecan Puerto Rican,or them Oatmeal Raisin Asians.
Hazelnut Brazilians, Macadamia Caucasians,
Double stuffed or thin mint It don't matter you gettin' it,
Cause I got a sweet tooth that will never come loose...

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ummm, different areas grow and prosper, creating the dialect that they use, they then meet others and wither take or give thier language on. simple.  
But mitochondrial eve? never heard of that? n i dont think that it refers to a human person.

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Mitochondrial eve is the first 'homo sapien sapien'. According to Darwin, she is where the human race came from.

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Butter Pecan Puerto Rican,or them Oatmeal Raisin Asians.
Hazelnut Brazilians, Macadamia Caucasians,
Double stuffed or thin mint It don't matter you gettin' it,
Cause I got a sweet tooth that will never come loose...

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Mitochondrial eve is the first 'homo sapien sapien'. According to Darwin, she is where the human race came from.

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edit: As for the question in the OP, even if there was, at one point, a common language in the "ancestry" of all modern languages, it is hardly a mystery as to how it diverged. You need only look at a Shakespearian play to see how fast language can change even in a steady environment. Expand the time parameters by a few thousand years and add in migration / isolation, and you get multiple distinct languages.

Post edited at 2:36 pm on Nov. 21, 2008 by SpM

What on earth are you talking about?

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Quote: from Budokai at 5:24 pm on Nov. 21, 2008

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ummm, different areas grow and prosper, creating the dialect that they use, they then meet others and wither take or give thier language on. simple.
 But mitochondrial eve? never heard of that? n i dont think that it refers to a human person.

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Mitochondrial eve is the first 'homo sapien sapien'. According to Darwin, she is where the human race came from.

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Not correct.

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Fook meplz.

By your theory, the answer should be "yes," because your theory implies that knowledge of a language is somehow related to genetics. As if there's something like a "language gene" that determines a person's language or dialect.

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That's also not how language works.