[tied] Re: The physical type of proto-Indo-Europeans

> Group 4: A group speaking a _Uralic_ language, and ethnically

resembling modern Northern Germanic peoples (Swedes, Danes,
Norwegians, and Northern Germans; some Poles; some Balts; and Finns,
situated at the beginning of historical times in North_eastern_
Europe) (Uralic);

You'd have to account somehow for the fact that none of the non-IE
substrate words in the languages spoken today within that area are
Uralic.

> Group 5: A group speaking an _Austronesian_ language, and

ethnically resembling modern Dravidians, and Asian islanders,
situated at the beginning of historical times along the Asian coast
(Austronesian).

>
> One might notice the absence of a couple of languages one might

expect: PIE and Semitic.

>

And Sino-Tibetan. And Austro-Asiatic. And Indo-Pacific.


Torsten