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It doesn't just defy plausibility, it defies the actual evidence. We're lucky enough to have an example in the historical record where technologies like the whe
by 0815test 7y ago
It doesn't just defy plausibility, it defies the actual evidence. We're lucky enough to have an example in the historical record where technologies like the wheel and domestication of the horse were introduced (mostly) peacefully to a cultural context of foragers almost but not entirely unlike Old Europe - and (needless to say) we do not see the sort of Y-haplotype replacement that shows up in the molecular-level data. So the PIE expansion must have involved a lot more conflict than we might guess absent that evidence!
- derriz 7y agoWhat evidence? How can you identify the expansion of PIE with this Y-haplotype replacement? I'm genuinely curious. Like I said, my amature interest in more in PIE from the perspective of historical linguistics but I'd love to know of any evidence linking the expansion of PIE with archeology or genetics.