"The problem here, of course, is that over time we have come to know more and more and that our earlier, simpler and more alluring narratives of Indo-European origins and dispersals are all falling victim to our increasing knowledge. We have obviously moved on from the time when Nikolai Merpert first published his analyses of the role of the steppelands within the context of the Indo-European homeland but it is evident that we still have a very long way to go."
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Twenty-first century clouds over Indo-European homelands, Journal of Language Relationship 9 (2013) • Pp. 145–154 • Mallory J. P., 2013
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