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Re: Indo-European family tree (was Re: Celtic and Afro-Asiatic?)

From:Yahya Abdal-Aziz <yahya@...>
Date:Friday, September 23, 2005, 7:09
Hi Thomas,

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:23:03 -0500, you wrote:
...[much snipt]
> > complicates his model. I'm not sure what justification we have > > for adopting such a complicated model. > > Except that it's not noticeably more complicated than the other > major alternatives.
So, in the spirit of Occam's Razor, what's the simplest theory that accounts for the "facts" (assuming that we do have any, and it's not entirely a house of cards) ? Regards, Yahya -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.5/110 - Release Date: 22/9/05