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The Origins of Indo-European Languages

Almost all European languages are members of a single family. The author contends that they spread not by conquest, as has been thought, but along with the peaceful diffusion of agriculture

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 261 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “The Origins of Indo-European Languages” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 261 No. 4 (), p. 106
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1089-106