John and Alexander,

> Alexander
>
> Re
>
> > Do you think, it was the advent of Austronesian-speaking people

who

> > became in Melanesia the superstratum over the local Papua-related
> > population who were already taro-based farmers? If I'm not

mistaken

> > the pottery appears in PNG in the same period.
>
> In a word - Yes!
>
> John

Where are linguists placing the homeland of Indo-European?

Gerry