Re: [tied] Anatolia in 7500BC

John:

>This is *NOT* to be confused with the later shift of Neolithic
>cultures mentioned by Renfrew and the other Out-of-Anatoliaists.

Even if the movement were earlier, I find it extremely odd that a
parent language moving out of Anatolia into the Balkans would only
spread far eastward and nowhere else. Honestly, what was stopping
them from going to Europe?

>Glen, given that Yukaghir, EskimoAleut and Chuckchi-Kamchatkan are
>all collected only in modern times, and that Eskimo-Aleut, on
>cultural grounds only spread comparatively recently, how much time do
>you propose for these languages to have split from the Boreal-Steppe
>core?

Something along the lines of the following is in my head:

Steppe = up to 9000 BCE
Boreal = 9000-7000 BCE
Uralic-Yukaghir = 7000-5000 BCE


As far as I know, Uralic-Yukaghir is normally dated to about
5000 BCE since Uralic itself is contemporaneous with IndoEuropean.
What do you mean when you say they are "collected" only in modern
times?


- love gLeN


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