tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886680068187530519.post2784568526465763199..comments2024-02-07T23:25:07.429-06:00Comments on Bell Beaker Blogger: The Linguistic Roots of Europe (Mailhammer, Venemen, Nierfeld, Olsen, 2015)bellbeakerbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848982163843593127noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886680068187530519.post-19181988614993317152015-12-22T23:19:34.924-06:002015-12-22T23:19:34.924-06:00Yeah, I kind of cringed through the DNA 'evide...Yeah, I kind of cringed through the DNA 'evidence'; as a matter of intellectual honesty, it goes against the argument they are trying to make for building bridges between sciences. In this case the DNA was sent them on a wild chase.<br /><br />But in fairness to linguists like Mailhammer, in 2007 the DNA experts were talking about the ridiculous seven daughters of Gretchen or Olga or whatever. "Ice Age Refugio, and so on" I know academics like to build off of other peer-reviewed work, especially those outside of their specialty, but a lot of that early DNA stuff was junk.bellbeakerbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848982163843593127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886680068187530519.post-35069462094407905132015-12-22T15:17:23.387-06:002015-12-22T15:17:23.387-06:00They fall down badly when they argue based on mode...They fall down badly when they argue based on modern DNA that there were no massive population shifts in Europe during the Neolithic or Bronze Age (2.3). It's hard to take them seriously after that.Davidskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04637918905430604850noreply@blogger.com