Re: Origins of I-E

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 596
Date: 2002-05-11

Gerry:
>Aren't you basing the "steppe hypothesis" on morphological & cultural
>evidence? Your placement of the IE homeland at Middle Volga does
>sound a bit "Russocentric" but nevertheless, how does your
>information match the genetic maps (Cavalli-Sforza for example)?


Yet again, a moment of sanity: Genetics, language and archaeology do not
have to correlate. Genetics may or may not say anything in this regard,
even though it perhaps has better potential than the archaeology.


- love gLeN




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