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What language did prehistoric humans speak?

Retry Correct Incorrect According to the American Association For The Advancement of Science, the similarities between hundreds of the world’s languages can be traced back to a common Indo-European tongue that either emerged 6,000 years ago in steppes north of the Black Sea or 8,000 years ago in what is now Turkey. These are rival hypotheses, and no clear winner has emerged between them, but the language is nonetheless considered the starting point for over 400 modern dialects.

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What language did prehistoric humans speak?

• Australopithic
• Indo-European (or Proto-Indo-European)
• Pangean (Or proto-Pangean)
• Pan-Neolithic