Recent content by NickP

Yeah I thought the draco was found in several cultures, Iranic, Thracian/Dacian, and others. The Romans could have taken it from either them or the Parthians. But I'm still kind of doubtful about the lasting presence of these people in Britain, personally.

Yes, I can agree with most of that. Makes sense. There is plenty of variety among Aromanian Vlach groups themselves, even differing from village to village. It could be that they started out that way and were just Latinzed all together under a common language, but I also think it could be that...

Of course it makes sense that Romania is quite heterogenous overall, seeing as many people came together and made up what it is over history, but there's still a main basis for much of the population since older times. Depending on the theory, it may be possible that Aromanians and early...

Interesting map; pretty good job overall. I agree with many parts of it, and it makes sense in general; I wonder how the areas in western Europe that have higher frequencies got it and through what people. Outside of Europe one would find Iranic peoples and north Indians also having high...

^Yeah I gotta agree with that. I always thought it was things like Basque and Etruscan, as well as more obscure languages which pre-date IE. Whether these were related to each other is uncertain though; could've been many families throughout the continent. Some say Basque was similar to what...

People of course have similarities in any culture, and being that the U.S. is primarily derived from European (especially west Euro) countries, there's going to be further similarities. But each kind of have their own way of dealing with certain things. Americans have that exceptionalism they...

I kinda wanted another place to get it, like somewhere in Spain or France, but I guess London is okay, even if they already hosted it before. Should be interesting.

Heh. That's kinda cool. Could see that being useful but it sounds like it would take me a while to get used to it. Wonder when or if it will actually reach the public.

Would've been over ten thousand years ago. There's no other proto-languages which go back that far. Additionally, not all Native American languages probably even came in one wave. Seems to have been three major waves, the first around 12-14kya being the Paleo-Indian migration from Beringia from...

Heh, no surprise the majority of votes are for China. It seems to be leaning that way but can't say for sure really. And military power isn't everything. It's not assured that the U.S. is done for in terms of economic progress, but unless something happens soon to change things, it's not looking...

I think people sometimes have a tendency of associating and attaching themselves too much to these ancient tribes, as if that's all that matters in people today. They tend to be especially those around the Classical era (hence some are almost semi-legendary), but Europe is a different place in a...

Yeah Spain was awesome, especially Barcelona. France is cool too; I actually like the southern Mediterranean coast area and Provence better than Paris. Italy is one of my favorite places, but it doesn't feel the same as it used to when I went there when I was younger. Took a trip out to Greece...

I always thought the Tarim Mummies were of Tocharians but the mummies seem much more ancient than evidence of the Tocharian language, which survived into the early Middle Ages or so. Really interesting language. Some people link them due to it's Centum nature and the clothing style on some of...

I heard about this theory before. They say Roman soldiers sent some Sarmatians, as well as some people from the occupied Balkan region to Britain to fight against other tribes and some settled down. They link the presence of E, in addition to I to them also. How accurate this is is uncertain to...

The Vlachs and Aromanians are an interesting group. I think they do represent the original inhabitants of the Balkan region, as well as other people they absorbed. It's possible they and Romanians were closer together at one point, because their language is believed not to have split much...