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This Animated Map Shows How European Languages Evolved

Alex KuzoianDec 10, 2014, 21:01 IST

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The origin of Indo-European languages has long been a topic of debate among scholars and scientists.

In 2012, a team of evolutionary biologists at the University of Auckland led by Dr. Quentin Atkinson released a study that found all modern IE languages could be traced back to a single root: Anatolian - the language of Anatolia, now modern-day Turkey.

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