"The cynical have been tempted to describe it as the phlogiston of prehistoric research."
— Unknown

January 1, 1970

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Indo-European
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J. P. Mallory, "A History of the Indo-European Problem", Journal of Indo-European Studies, 1 (1973), pp. 21-66; quoted by E. F. Bryant, The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture (Oxford University Press, 2001), Ch. 1