Pedigree: First Speaker of Congo-Nostratic

The PEDIGREE of

First Speaker of Congo-Nostratic

Born: ca 30,000 BC

"Child(ren)": First Speaker of Borean [Starostin Model] ; First Speaker of Caucaso-Nostratic ; poss. Nilo-Saharan ; poss. First Speaker of Congo-Saharan ; First Speaker of Niger-Congo

poss. "Partner(s)": First Speaker of Niger-Central Sudanic [Blench Model] ; poss. Unclassifiable Western languages ; poss. Unclassifiable language families

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														/	-- Ardepithecus ramidus +	====> [ 18]
													/	-- Australopithecus anamensis
												/	-- Australopithecus afarensis
											/	-- Australopithecus africanus
										/	-- Australopithecus sediba
										/		/ or: poss. Australopithecus garhi
									/	-- Genus Homo (H. habilis)
								/	-- Homo ergaster (2.4 M BC - 1.5 M BC)
							/	-- Homo antecessor (1.1 M BC - 800,000 BC)
							/		/ (skip this generation?)
						/	-- Homo heidelbergensis
					/	-- Homo sapiens idaltu (200,000 BC - ?)
				/	-- First Advanced Speaker (ca 100,000 BC)
			/	-- First Speaker of Afro-Khoisan (ca 95,000 BC)
		/	-- First Speaker of Early Pan-afroasian (ca 65,000 BC)
	/	-- First Speaker of Middle Pan-afroasian (ca 50,000 BC)
/	-- First Speaker of Late Pan-afroasian (ca 40,000 BC)
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- First Speaker of Congo-Nostratic