Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> The pig is older than that.
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/37283
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/37222

But see the Proto-Dene-Caucasian reconstruction for 'pig' proposed
by John Bengtson at

http://jdbengt.net/articles/CILL30a.pdf
(see on p. 12 and n. 124 in the PDF document)

According to Bengtson, Basque <urde> 'pig' appears to be cognate
with Proto-Caucasian <*wHa:rtl'wV> id. (Hunzib <butlu>, Lezgi
<wak>).

Did Early Neolithic Dene-Caucasian speakers bring and pigs and
agriculture into Southeast Europe from Anatolia?

Kindest regards,
Francesco