John:

>No way do I locate the Urheimat of IE in Morocco. I tend to be
>convinced by Mallory's location in the Ukrainian steppe north of the
>Black Sea.

I'm relieved that it was all a horrible lie. Apologies for being led
astray by Gerry, who is clearly the anti-christ sent from the pits of
hell <:) Still, John, I find you rely on archaeology a tad too much to
solve linguistic conundrums.

>Rather I see the Afro-Asiatic/Nostratic languages sharing a common origin
>in the Ateriuan cultures of the Saharan pluvial (30,000 BCE), with
>Nostratic being confined to the Middle East after Kebaran times (15,000
>BCE),
>and diseminiating with Mesolithic cultures from the mountain belt
>stretching
>from the Taurus to the Zagros centred in the Zarzian culture 12,000 BCE.

I would think that 30,000 BCE is a steep date for this
Afro-Asiatic/Nostratic
ancestor, even when we assume that Afro-Asiatic is not to be considered
"Nostratic". I don't think AA is so entirely different from other Nostratic
languages to warrant this.


- love gLeN


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