- Researchers find decisive evidence showing that Indo-European language families, which account for around 2 billion native speakers around the world, radiated out from Anatolia (Turkey) rather than the steppes north of the Black Sea as previously thought. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6097/957.abstract 4 comments science
Linking pages
- Mismodeling Indo-European Origin and Expansion: Bouckaert, Atkinson, Wade and the Assault on Historical Linguistics | GeoCurrents http://geocurrents.info/cultural-geography/linguistic-geography/mismodeling-indo-european-origin-and-expansion-bouckaert-atkinson-wade-and-the-assault-on-historical-linguistics 7 comments
- The Tangled Roots of English - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/science/new-light-on-the-roots-of-english.html 5 comments
- Indo-European Languages Originated in Anatolia, Biologists Say - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/science/indo-european-languages-originated-in-anatolia-analysis-suggests.html 1 comment