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The same class of people who created the IE model, also determined that there exist Dravidian languages AND that Dravidian languages are not related to Samskritam (AND that there exists a family of IE languages AND that all IE languages are related in specific ways AND that there exists PIE as parent of the IE family).
This is a classification scheme - a model - with set rules for classifying (based on certain assumptions).
I want to give an example of another classification scheme in a totally different field, that of biology and the classification of living organisms:
In the mammal category, we have the Elephant. What is the closest living relative of the elephant? Is it the rhinoceros that is also large and bulky, that also walks on four legs? No. Not the hippopotamus either.
But a small, tiny little creature that looks a lot like a mouse.
Truly.
It is proven to be the closest relative of the Elephant - genetics has shown this. All initial observational results (dissimilarities in external appearance) go out the window here. The facts are entirely different to perceived categorisation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/feat...ndex.shtml
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>The hyrax: more elephant than rodent </b>
The name 'hyrax' comes from the Greek for shrew-mouse. But despite the appearance of today's hyraxes (here, a rock hyrax), the evidence points to a much larger ancestor.
...
As well as having common gene sequences, hyraxes and elephants share eye-lens proteins and amino acid sequences in their blood haemoglobin. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Coming back to Samskritam (and other N Indian languages) and S Indian languages: perhaps in this case too, more than mere superficial observation is necessary.
The same class of people who created the IE model, also determined that there exist Dravidian languages AND that Dravidian languages are not related to Samskritam (AND that there exists a family of IE languages AND that all IE languages are related in specific ways AND that there exists PIE as parent of the IE family).
This is a classification scheme - a model - with set rules for classifying (based on certain assumptions).
I want to give an example of another classification scheme in a totally different field, that of biology and the classification of living organisms:
In the mammal category, we have the Elephant. What is the closest living relative of the elephant? Is it the rhinoceros that is also large and bulky, that also walks on four legs? No. Not the hippopotamus either.
But a small, tiny little creature that looks a lot like a mouse.
Truly.
It is proven to be the closest relative of the Elephant - genetics has shown this. All initial observational results (dissimilarities in external appearance) go out the window here. The facts are entirely different to perceived categorisation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/feat...ndex.shtml
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>The hyrax: more elephant than rodent </b>
The name 'hyrax' comes from the Greek for shrew-mouse. But despite the appearance of today's hyraxes (here, a rock hyrax), the evidence points to a much larger ancestor.
...
As well as having common gene sequences, hyraxes and elephants share eye-lens proteins and amino acid sequences in their blood haemoglobin. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Coming back to Samskritam (and other N Indian languages) and S Indian languages: perhaps in this case too, more than mere superficial observation is necessary.