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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>

Subject: LL-L "Resources" 2010.08.15 (02) [EN]





From: Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc. <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>

Subject: LL-L Resources



[...]



Some comments:

It is written for a large public, it is not a scientific publication.



p. 16-18 Jean-Marie Hombert (director of the CNRS and linked to the
university of Lyon) dates, in an interview, the *origin of modern
languages* (with
a complex syntax) *70.000 to 55.000 years ago*, based on the hypothesis that
for crossing sees and oceans a spohisticated level of language is supposed
to be necessary. Distances over see over 100 km needed a developped form of
communication for preparing food for more than 3 days etc.



[...]



Hi,

We may consider that water nearly never was a language-border, but
mountain-ridges always were.

vr.gr.
Theo Homan



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