Origins of writing and civilization: Proof of a young Earth?
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CLAIM: The length of recorded human history is too short for evolutionary timescales. Why did writing and civilization emerge at the same time only in the last few thousand years if humans had been around for hundreds of thousands of years earlier? Did it really take them that long to figure out how to invent writing? This large gap of time is clearly a discrepancy for evolution. (Batten, 2019 ) (Baugh, 1999 , p.120) (Ferrel, 2006 , p.152-156) (Humphreys, 2005 ) (Ham, 2008 , p. 44-46) (Hovind, 2003 , 1:45:29) RESPONSE: Similar to the young-Earth argument regarding the origin of agriculture , there is no reason to expect the development of writing to occur immediately upon the emergence of anatomically modern humans. The archaeological record clearly demonstrates a prolonged developmental foundation spanning cognitive, cultural, technological, and ecological dimensions that gradually paved the way for behaviorally modern practices like agriculture, civilization, and wr...