The aDNA Revolution and M-N-/Rt- Sounds

“We do not need to resort to explanations about magic or coincidence, when we’re trying to understand why M-N- and Rg / Rt / Reg / Rch / Rit / Rd sounds infuse almost every sentence we speak. In 2015 the world’s preeminent scientific journal published an analysis by many scientists of ancient DNA evidence found inside burial mounds from Ukraine westwards as far as Britain. This is the beginning of what is referred to in the literature now as the aDNA revolution. Nature’s conclusion was that it was the Yamna who first spoke an Indo-European language.”

Source: Expanding Mental Models · (Tweet 10)

Cross-theme: M-N Sound. Key framing: “We do not need to resort to explanations about magic or coincidence.” The aDNA revolution provides the empirical basis for tracing sounds.

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