tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756272660800605663.post5523738893432299809..comments2023-06-12T06:58:06.277-07:00Comments on Nj's arya blog: J.P. Mallory's Current assessment on Proto-Indo-EuropeansNirjhar007http://www.blogger.com/profile/12880827026479135118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756272660800605663.post-4921269137577510012016-05-25T00:52:01.011-07:002016-05-25T00:52:01.011-07:00David,
Mallory is not a geneticist, and he is not...David,<br /><br />Mallory is not a geneticist, and he is not the main author of the paper. But being a reputed Indo-Europeanist from Irish background, and author of books on the origins of Irish, he might've shown interest in the genetic background of the Irish people. The paper does not support Kurgan theory for all of the IE branches either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756272660800605663.post-69877456503285375672016-05-24T22:29:45.611-07:002016-05-24T22:29:45.611-07:00Oops.
Mallory is a co-author of this paper from l...Oops.<br /><br />Mallory is a co-author of this paper from late last year on the ancient Irish genomes, which argues in favor of the steppe hypothesis.<br /><br />http://www.pnas.org/content/113/2/368.abstractDavidskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04637918905430604850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756272660800605663.post-63944706799809932692016-05-24T20:41:57.655-07:002016-05-24T20:41:57.655-07:00Yes, indeed Mallory has now reconsidered his earli...Yes, indeed Mallory has now reconsidered his earlier views on PIE folks being nomadic horse riding Kurgan pastorals into an agricultural farmers. He states Pontic steppes had no good signs of farming, and thus it cannot be considered as urheimat of PIE. May be we should look for PIE urheimat in some early extensive farming cultures.<br /><br />BTW, in one of his co-authored books, he states that most of the PIE vocabulary is just based on 4 or 5 attested IE branches, so this would mean that if we gain clues about extinct and undeciphered IE languages, it would contribute a lot to PIE reconstructions. He rightly states that current PIE reconstruction is merely an approximate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com