From the linguistic data alone... it is not possible to draw definite conclusions about the homeland of the speakers of PIE, or even the age of the language family.

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Clackson, James (2013) The origins of the Indic languages: the Indo-European model. In: Angela Marcantonio and Girish Nath Jha (eds.) Perspectives on the Origin of Indian Civilization. Dartmouth, MA: Center for India Studies, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Pp. 260–288. Quoted in Asya Pereltsvaig, Martin W. Lewis - The Indo-European Controversy (2015)

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