--- In nostratic@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:

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> 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

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> >for Proto-World. What language was spoken before then?
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> 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

What's Peter got to do with it ;-)

Don't forget the old war horse, Polynesian <ivi> "rib"

Torsten

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