I think this find may well help confirm the original homeland of the Indo-Europeans—from Anatolia it is theorized that the forefathers of modern day Europeans (most, at least), Iranians, Armenians and groups from northern India originated. Maybe an Indo-European linguist could confirm...
Wish I were more knowledgable about the issue you address. I do understand what your point is, but I’m sure sketchy on that field of study. Interesting thought none the less... it seems to make sense. Thank you.
I wonder if the Genetic Research from the National Geographic Society will correlate well with this finding?
It’s difficult to tell unless you know the climate of the location 10,000 years ago. Indo-European had words for birch, apple, cherry and beech trees, and salmon, eel, horse and dog, although the original species for the beech and birch isn’t definitely known, and salmon might refer to any of the migrating fishes. They also probably had all the common farm animals, especially the cow, and they grew or gathered some kind of grain, probably wheat or spelt. The only alcohol was mead, and the only named metal was copper. They knew snow, but “rain” is missing for some reason, as is the word for sea, although they had boats. This leads many to believe the Indo-Europeans came from north of the Black Sea or Caspian Sea. Others think that the Turkish/Georgian/Iranian area is their homeland.