I know its a big change, but what do you think the affects would be of Indo-European culture remaining restricted to its original territory and never expanding out across Europe and Asia?
So...Every single human culture running through India to Ireland(as one knows it) does not exist?
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Well written Ran.
But my usual question. What about Indo-Europeans?
Oh and Indo-Europeans were just one of many groups that marched out of the region. There have been many such migrations...
My impression from reading Mallory and the rest is that most researchers believe the Indo-European homeland to be in the plains and steppes of Central Asia, not in the mountainous region (with the exception of Lord Renfrew, who seems to believe that they all originated in Central Anatolia).And with a little luck, some of the Indo-European cultures could adapt to life in the mountainous areas of Central Asia,
and even build an impressive civilisation there. (the Inca's did it - why not the Indo-Europeans?)
On this matter, it is also noteworthy that the Caucasian languages and the Basque language are often thought to be distantly related, and that the Etruscans and Pelasgians have also been associated with the Caucasian peoples.
A related question:
Do most scholars believe that Indo-European language/culture migrated to places like Iran and Europe, through things like basic hegemony and such, or did the people themselves, who spoke Indo-European, move and supplant/assimilate the pre-existing peoples?