http://uk.news.yahoo.com/english-language-began-turkey-180502182.html

Scientists led by Remco Bouckaert, from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, traced the origins of Indo-European languages using a method borrowed from evolutionary biologists.

Instead of comparing DNA from different species, the researchers looked at “cognates” which are words with a common origin. One example is “mother”, “mutter” (German) and “madre” (Spanish).

This is new?

Sound like it’s the same thing discussed about 6 threads down:
Family Tree of Languages Has Roots in Anatolia

Is it still called “mantling” when the thing that was apparently ignored was a prior thread, or is mantling a strictly intra-thread term?

"Eliza, eliza, eliza!” and the relevant link would be more appropriate - at least to us golden oldies.  Dave, scrap this thread if you want.  I shall return to my hibernation.

ElizaD - 29 August 2012 10:59 AM

...  I shall return to my hibernation.