Researchers Matilde Serangeli and Thomas Orlander claim that the Proto-Anatolians came from Maykop in their new book Dispersals and Diversifications Linguistic and Archaeological Perspectives on the Early Stages of Indo European.
However, Hittite scholar Petra Goedegeburre suggests that Kura-Araxes was culturally mixed, and contained a Proto-Anatolian element that spread westward. However, she claims that the Anatolians originally came from the Steppe, but left prior to farming reaching the north Black Sea region.
It seems that the scholars are now leaning toward an eastern/Caucasus origin for the Hittites, etc.
However, Hittite scholar Petra Goedegeburre suggests that Kura-Araxes was culturally mixed, and contained a Proto-Anatolian element that spread westward. However, she claims that the Anatolians originally came from the Steppe, but left prior to farming reaching the north Black Sea region.
It seems that the scholars are now leaning toward an eastern/Caucasus origin for the Hittites, etc.
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