So, “agricultural expansion is the principal factor for shaping global linguistic diversity,” and indeed human genetic diversity, both in Europe and Japan. Further evidence for Bellwood’s controversial thesis.
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So, “agricultural expansion is the principal factor for shaping global linguistic diversity,” and indeed human genetic diversity, both in Europe and Japan. Further evidence for Bellwood’s controversial thesis.
Luigi: Please, give us a bit more explanation of how UCLA’s Slavic Languages program would challenge the Bellwood thesis? I’m deep into “First Farmers” but haven’t yet reached this controversy.
Regards, Don
Sorry, Don. The department changed the URL on me. The link should now take you to a review of First Farmers by Henning Anderson, who’s on the staff there.