Re: Dates of IE and A-A

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:

>
> Someone asked about dates of A-A and IE that I was using. Here's what

"Afro-Asiatic" on Wikipedia has to say.

> There is certainly leeway regarding the dates. For IE, I usually see

3-4 K BCE, for Uralic 2-4 K BCE and I'd guess 9-11 K BCE for
Afro-Asiatic --which supposedly corresponds to the rise and spread of
agriculture and then pastoralism in the Middle East and, later, into
North Africa.

> If someone has better dates, speak up and justify them.
>

I'm sure about cybalist's policies, but isn't this cross-posting?

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Nostratic-L/message/10114