Pedigree: First Speaker of Macro Caucasian

The PEDIGREE of

First Speaker of Macro Caucasian

aka Ibero-Caucasian, Macro-Caucasic, Euskaro-Caucasian; (Bengtson-Ruhlen, unlike Gordon, do not place Caucasian and Sino-Dene into separate macro-families); (Burushaski, Basque and many Caucasian languages all use vigesimal numbering)

"Child(ren)": First Speaker of Hurro-Vasconic ; prob. Burushaski ; poss. First Speaker of North Caucasian ; First Speaker of Northwest Caucasian

poss. "Partner(s)": First Speaker of Late Sino-Dene ; First Speaker of North Caucasian

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														/	-- Australopithecus afarensis +	====> [ 20]
													/	-- Australopithecus africanus
												/	-- Australopithecus sediba
												/		/ or: poss. Australopithecus garhi
											/	-- Genus Homo (H. habilis)
										/	-- Homo ergaster
									/	-- Homo antecessor
									/		/ (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)
	/	-- First Speaker of Congo-Nostratic (ca 30,000 BC)
/	-- First Speaker of Caucaso-Nostratic (ca 25,000 BC)
/		/ OR: First Speaker of Buro-Dene +														====> [ 36]
- First Speaker of Macro Caucasian