Re: Integrating linguistics, archaeology, genetics and paleoclimato

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Jens Elmegård Rasmussen <elme@...>
wrote:

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jdcroft@...> wrote:
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> > Certainly M17 appears to be the Indo-European marker,
> > whilst M343 R1b appears to be the marker of the pre-Indo-European
> > substrate in Western Europe.
>
> This seems to be incompatible with the widespread view that the IE
> languages did not spread by massive migrations, but merely by the take-
> over of a new elite that imposed its language on the local population.

What would make these pathetic Indo-European speaking nomads "elite"
if they did not possess overwhelming numbers or military muscle?

M. Kelkar

> Can that be true? Did the locals not propagate their genes? Did the
> IEs just wipe them out? Interesting questions - any answers?
>
> Jens
>