the Wheel and Dating PIE

[Dr. John E. McLaughlin]

> The minimal components of Nostratic are PIE and AA.

Of course there is the competing claim of Greenberg, Ruhlen, and Bengtsen
that AA does not belong in any group with PIE, but combines with Uralic and
Altaic with IE in "Eurasiatic".

John E. McLaughlin, Ph.D.
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