Mankind
Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Fall 2003)
pp.
43-90
Finnic - Type
Pronunciation in the Germanic Languages.
Kalevi Wiik
Presents evidence that the population
of hunter-gatherers who occupied northern Europe during
the Mesolithic spoke Proto-Uralic language. Ability
of the hunter-gatherers to acquire farming skills
through a process of cultural and linguistic diffusion
over generations; Genetic disparity between genotype
of the modern Uralic-speaking peoples and the prehistoric
tribe; Evolutionary history of both the Germanic and
Uralic languages.
