This article does a poor job of even identifying candidates, because it narrows its scope to old world history (i.e. european, middle eastern, and asian history

This article does a poor job of even identifying candidates, because it narrows its scope to old world history (i.e. european, middle eastern, and asian history). It ignores for example, Aboriginal Australians whose history and language dates back over 50,000 years. Far preceding the timelines mentioned. Many African cultures and languages are likewise much older than those mentioned in the article.