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A Turkish origin for Indo-European languages
Nature.com ^
| 8-23-2012
| Alyssa Joyce
Posted on 08/24/2012 8:04:40 AM PDT by Renfield
Languages as diverse as English, Russian and Hindi can trace their roots back more than 8,000 years to Anatolia — now in modern-day Turkey. That's the conclusion of a study1 that assessed 103 ancient and contemporary languages using a technique normally used to study the evolution and spread of disease. The researchers hope that their findings can settle a long-running debate about the origins of the Indo-European language group...
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TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: anatolia; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; harappan; harappans; indoeuropean; indusvalleyscript; language; marysettegast; platoprehistorian; turkey
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To: Theoria; SunkenCiv
That’s a pretty cool graphic.
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