Sophisticated Language in Humpback Whale Songs?
Whale evolution is a convoluted story, what with evolving creatures in the sea moving to land to continue there, then some went back to the sea, and all that. Believers in descent with modification tell that absurd story with straight faces, but it is disputed. Also, genetics refutes whale evolution.
Language is a strong evidence for creation. Despite the efforts of evolutionists to show language recognition and usage among great apes, the Creator gave us the capacity to use and refine it. But...humpback whales are exhibiting language as well?
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There is nothing simple about the system of communication called language, whether animal or human. Human language is a very sophisticated arrangement of words and grammar created in the beginning by God. In fact, “there is no clear picture of when and how human language evolved.” In 2014, evolutionists stated,
Find out what they said and learn about the whale songs by reading "Humpback Whale Calls Echo Creation." Interesting that the 1986 movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home involved humpback whales; it seems now that the plot point was ahead of its time.