Re: Of Aryanism

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <richard.wordingham@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 5:08 PM
> Subject: [tied] Re: Of Aryanism
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> > Are any of the plausible or popular urheimats consistent with the
> > first PIE speakers often having blond hair and blue eyes? This

needs

> > some thought, because of climate changes.
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> What's the evidence that they _often_ had them?

I didn't think there was any! My first thought was that in all the
plausible and popular homelands - Black Sea environs, Danube,
Pakistan - blue eyes and blond hair would be uncommon. However,
before I posted, I wondered if ancient climatic conditions might have
made them more common, so I softened my denial to a question.
Unfortunately, the motivation behind the question has been totally
misinterpreted.

Richard.