The laryngeal descent theory (LDT) posits that language became possible in Homo sapiens, so that leaves out modern Greeks. Maybe classical Greeks were of different stock?
Y’know, I was curious about that, but I’m also lazy... uh, and it kinda looks like this group is as well, no “add to cart” or “members only”, just one big tease:
https://www.classicalstudies.org/sessionpanel-title/greek-historiography
The laryngeal descent theory (LDT) posits that language became possible in Homo sapiens, so that leaves out modern Greeks. Maybe classical Greeks were of different stock?