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Most linguists believe that current languages have shared roots, while Quentin Atkinson believes they developed individually in isolation.
Most linguists believe that current languages have shared roots, while Quentin Atkinson believes they developed individually in isolation.
Most linguists believe that languages primarily developed in isolation, while Quentin Atkinson believes they developed in superfamilies.
Most linguists believe that languages primarily developed in isolation, while Quentin Atkinson believes they developed in superfamilies.
Some linguists believe that all languages came from Indo-European, while Quentin Atkinson believes that they stemmed from African languages.
Some linguists believe that all languages came from Indo-European, while Quentin Atkinson believes that they stemmed from African languages.
Some linguists believe that current languages were once joined in superfamilies, while Quentin Atkinson believes that all languages can ultimately be traced to Africa.
Some linguists believe that current languages were once joined in superfamilies, while Quentin Atkinson believes that all languages can ultimately be traced to Africa.
All linguists believe that current languages belong to the same superfamily, while Quentin Atkinson believes that they all belong to different families of African languages.
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The response that best explains the difference between the two predominant theories of the origins of language is:
"Some linguists believe that current languages were once joined in superfamilies, while Quentin Atkinson believes that all languages can ultimately be traced to Africa."
This captures the idea that while some theories support the notion of a shared ancestry among languages (superfamilies), Atkinson's view emphasizes a common origin for all languages tracing back to Africa.
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