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Re: What features do P-I-E languages have in common?

From:Elyse Grasso <emgrasso@...>
Date:Thursday, July 17, 2003, 17:40
On Wednesday 16 July 2003 10:03 pm, David Barrow wrote:
> John Cowan wrote: > > > Thomas R. Wier scripsit: > > > > > An additional difficulty is that llamas are quite difficult to
breed;
> > > they cannot be kept indoors, for example, or anywhere near humans. > > > This impedes their use as beasts of burden, even after
domestication.
> > > > In addition, they can carry loads but not pull them, IIRC. > > Llamas are not very strong animals compared to horses and their kin.
The Incas did
> not use them to carry adult humans, nor do the Indians today. > > > David Barrow >
Horses originally didn´t carry adult humans either. Part of the reason Egyptian pharaohs and Homeric heroes used chariots was the horses were small. -- Elyse Grasso The World of Cherani Station www.data-raptors.com/cherani/index.html Cherani Tradespeech www.data-raptors.com/cherani/tradespeech.html