Gerry:

>Like mitocondrial Eve, Proto-World is an illusive construct which
>serves an academic purpose. Nevertheless, all evidence points to a
>reasonably unified point of contact. 80,000 y/a is a very late date
>for Proto-World. What language was spoken before then?

You didn't understand my comparison. I already stated that like
the idea of a genetic Eve where "Eve" is one of many women of
her village, Proto-World would have been one of many languages at
the time. It's just that only Eve's line (or Proto-World's)
survived the test of time. All the rest eventually petered out.


- gLeN




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