This Chapter's "Appreciating Anthropology" Section Discusses Research on the Ancient

Multiple Choice

This chapter's "Appreciating Anthropology" section discusses research on the ancient syntax of a "proto-human language," thought to be ancestral to all contemporary languages. This research suggests that

A) the proto-language sounded similar to modern-day English.
B) subject-verb-object ordering is very rare in languages spoken today.
C) word ordering within a language is uniform across the world.
D) word ordering has remained constant over time, not changing when languages branch off from their mother tongues.
E) the proto-language sounded similar to the speech of Yoda in "Star Wars."