Dear List Members,
I would like to read some comments by competent linguists on Gray &
Anderson's recent theory placing the various IE proto-families'
branching off from PIE at dates 2,000 years earlier than the dates
arrived at by linguistic paleontology. The results of their research
are published in the following article:
R. D. Gray and Q. D. Atkinson, "Language-tree divergence times
support the Anatolian theory of Indo-European origin", _Nature_ 426
(November 27, 2003), pp. 435-9
Abstract:
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?
file=/nature/journal/v426/n6965/abs/nature02029_fs.html&dynoptions=doi
1079516692
Article in _Science_ 302 (November 28, 2003):
http://www.alb-net.com/pipermail/alb-
shkenca/attachments/20031203/4d2f3b0a/1490a.pdf
Article in _The New York Times_ (March 16, 2004):
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/16/science/16LANG.html?
pagewanted=all&position=
As a layman in linguistics I would also know whether Gray &
Anderson's methodology is correct form the linguists' point of view.
Thanks
Francesco Brighenti