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From: petrich@netcom.com (Loren Petrich)
Subject: Re: Language Origin and Diffusion
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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 08:26:01 GMT
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In article <seagoat.744.001057FA@primenet.com>,
John A. Halloran <seagoat@primenet.com> wrote:
>In article <petrichE28yL0.742@netcom.com> petrich@netcom.com (Loren Petrich) writes:

>>        There is also the question of why only the idea of language
>>diffused all over the world from the Fertile Crescent, and *nothing* else.
>>And why it diffused *without exception*.

>I guess you didn't read what the article said about agriculture and animal 
>domestication having diffused from the Fertile Crescent.

	Diffused to *some* places, yes, but not to the whole world until 
recent centuries.

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