Continuity of European Languages from the Point of View of DNA Genealogy

Anton Perdih

International Journal of Social Science Studies, 2018, vol. 6, issue 1, 18-32

Abstract: The combination of linguistic and DNA Genealogy data indicates that the aboriginal Europeans, the Y Chromosome haplogroup I people were the Proto-Indo-Europeans and the Proto-Slavic speakers. In contact with newcomers of other language groups mixing took place. Either the newcomers were absorbed into the autochthonous Proto-Slavic community, or the native Proto-Slavic population was so effected by the immigrants that they lost their Slavic identity and formed a language, which remained Indo-European but no longer recognizable as specifically Slavic. The Kurgan Theory and the Pontic Steppe Theory of the Indo-European origin failed completely. The Neolithic Discontinuity Theory theory gives only a part of the necessary explanation. The Paleolithic Continuity Paradigm is superior to them, but it has to be adapted to the data presented by the DNA Genealogy about the timeframe and probable localities of past events.

Keywords: DNA Genealogy; origin of humankind; development of humankind; Proto-Indo-Europeans; Proto-Slavs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/article/view/2809/2964 (application/pdf)
http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/article/view/2809 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:rfa:journl:v:6:y:2018:i:1:p:18-32

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Social Science Studies from Redfame publishing Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Redfame publishing ().