A Newcastle University press release title reads, “Origins of language pathway in the brain at least 25 million years old.”¹ How can science measure the origins of brain pathways that supposedly happened so long before scientists could observe them? And how defensible is the 25 million-year figure? Two unscientific assumptions unwittingly deflate this title’s confident tone.

Denisovans are ancient humans represented by various teeth and a finger bone found in a Siberian cave. Their claim to fame is largely based on the DNA extracted from these few fragments of human remains. According to evolutionists, they are more closely related to Neanderthals than modern humans.

The case for Neandertals as more primitive members of an evolutionary continuum that spans from apes to modern man continues to weaken. Genetic and archaeological finds are completely reshaping modern concepts of Neandertal men and women.