Oldest words in English?

[Victor]

My first reaction was, if BBC picked it up, it must be wrong. The Times
seems to be in good company--is there *any* British non-specialist
publication that can handle science reporting? Or are we heaping scorn
on Dr. Pagel for misleading poor journos yet again?

It does sound a bit like the Indoeuropean version of the Bible Code.

    VS-)

RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
> Either the TIMES reporter was totally inept, or Dr. Pagel knows very little=20
> about language. The article is filled with nonsense.

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