Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

I suggest you recalculate the dates

using 89 % retention per millenium

as soon as possible.

Arnaud.

----- Original Message -----

From: Brian M. Scott

To: george knysh

Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 7:51 PM

Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

At 1:39:02 PM on Sunday, September 30, 2007, george knysh
wrote:

> --- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@... net> wrote:

>> 79% retention corresponds to a time depth of a little
>> over 3800 years, and 72% retention to one of a little
>> over 5300 years. This is obviously nonsense.

> ****GK: To the simpler among us what is even more
> nonsensical is the notion that languages "diverged"
> aeons before they came into existence as distinct
> entities (e.g. "French" in 1,000 BC ? (:=)))****

Actually, that was the nonsense that I had in mind.

Brian