Mummies of Urumchi

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

JoatSimeon at aol.com wrote:

>>Georg at home.ivm.de writes:

>>but our Tokharian texts are from the early Middle ages, and the mummies are
>>*millennia* earlier.

>-- no, the mummies are _continuous_ from millenia earlier up until attested
>Tocharian.  The physical type remains constant, and the material culture shows
>a smooth development over time.  When a new language comes in (Uighur) so does
>a new physical type.

In the case of Iranian too?

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl
Amsterdam