THE INDO-EUROPEAN BIG BANG

JOSEPH GREENBERG CONGRATULATES XAVIER ROUARD

Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU’s critical contribution

XAVIER ROUARD — TEN REASONS WHY CENTRAL ASIA HAD TO BE THE PIE ORIGINAL HOMELAND — MARCH 2024 — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378846126_Ten_reasons_why_Central_Asia_had_to_be_the_PIE_original_homeland

A French version exists on the same site. “Dix raisons pour lesquelles l’Asie Centrale devait être le foyer originel des Indo-Européens, Gaulois et peuples des Balkans,” March 2024, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379227051_Dix_raisons_pour_lesquelles_l'Asie_Centrale_devait_etre_le_foyer_originel_des_Indo-Europeens_Gaulois_et_peuples_des_Balkans. Those who do not feel at ease can get to the French version. I did not read the French version, except for the title and a few passages. But the title surprised me because “had to be” says clearly that the proposed solution is the only possible solution and it should have given in French “se doit d’être,” or “ne peut qu’être.” But the author used the “had to be” formula that implies an absolute obligation or necessity, in this case scientific. That is slightly excessive. But that is a detail after…