Re: Problems with Bomhard

Glen wrote

> I can only say that putting AfroAsiatic in Africa would also put
> Nostratic in Africa. It would also follow that AfroAsiatic and
> "the rest of Nostratic" split first, which isn't too crazy an
> idea afterall. Then, the rest of Nostratic would split into
> Kartvelian, as it moved northward, and Eurasiatic (Sumerian,
> ElamoDravidian, Steppe) once it moved out of Africa.

This makes sense archaeologically.

We have a Kebaran culture spreading from the Sinai to Northern Syria,
Southern Anatolia and the Jezira, and then a Zarzian culture
spreading from the Jezira to the Caucasas and eastward to the Caspian
Gates. The splitting into separate language groups over this period
makes sense.

Regards

John