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it seems the theory is more disputed than i remember, so lets say around 5000 years ago there was perhaps significant indian introgression into aborginal genet
by runsWphotons 4y ago
it seems the theory is more disputed than i remember, so lets say around 5000 years ago there was perhaps significant indian introgression into aborginal genetics (as per article above), the introduction of new tools, the arrival of the dingo (speculated by some to be introduced by these indian peoples) and the spread of this language family from a small progenitor language to the dominant language on the continent. So something significant was happening at that time. There are other hints there couldve been previous waves of new peoples from art and so on (these are disputed, from memory). The story of the aboriginals will wind up being more complex and interesting than "showed up 60,000 years ago and were unchanged until the first fleet".
- girvo 4y ago> and the spread of this language family from a small progenitor language to the dominant language on the continent I was with you up until this point. Do you have a source for this?
- runsWphotons 4y agoWell it is dominant in that >300/~400 languages are bow in this family. This paper argues for a mid-holocene origin from a proto language around the time we are discussing, and also mentions some other theories w sources (https://langev.com/pdf/442ac40068c1d8a67a561d0d7f0fcd95c429c265.pdf https://langev.com/pdf/442ac40068c1d8a67a561d0d7f0fcd95c429c...)