The Etuscans

[macsen rufus]

Hi Kartlos - yes, the theory I'd been favouring til this latest info was that the Etruscans had come from the West Med / Iberian group, so yes, that would have made them related to the Basques. It's been clear that the language wasn't IE for quite a while, but being undeciphered, deciding whether it had come from east or west was problematic. But as everyone and his dog claimed descent from the Trojans, it was something I took with a pinch of salt. But the DNA seems pretty conclusive, so long as we can discount later migrations, of course.

[Martok]

Cool; very interesting! Thanks for the link, IA.

[LeftEyeNine]

Etruscans are Turks too !

[macsen rufus]

Etruscans are Turks too

I doubt it - assuming them to be Luwians, they left Anatolia centuries before any Turkic peoples arrived...

[Watchman]

On a summary count, 'round two millenia... at the least.