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From: "R. & G. Stevens" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Indo-European Y-DNA
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:56:03 -0400
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From: "Jackson Montgomery-Devoni" <>
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Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Indo-European Y-DNA


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> Again J2 is now seen more as being Mediterranean or Neolithic in origin
> NOT only Semitic. It could have happened this way, J1 which is now seen as
> more Smitic could have possibly been the orginal Semitic speakers while
> the J2s further north may have spoken Indo-European for a time. A group of
> J2s may have easily ventured north to the Black sea area bringing with
> them the knowledge of animal husbandry and agriculture and there mixed
> with the original inhabitants (R1a) and then formed Proto-Indo-European.
> With the new knowledge the new mixed group of J2 and R1a domesticated the
> horse and then spread.
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> The Indo-European Hittites may have come then from this group. Semitic
> speaking J1 peoples then for some reason became linguistically dominant
> later on.
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>
> Jackson
> Y-DNA J2a1*
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I don't see any compelling reason to believe that is what actually did
happen.

But who knows?

Rich

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