Back الفرضية الأناضولية Arabic Anadolu fərziyyəsi Azerbaijani Анаталійская гіпотэза Byelorussian Анатолийска хипотеза Bulgarian Anadolska hipoteza BS Anatolien-Hypothese German Hipótesis anatolia Spanish Anatoliako hipotesia Basque فرضیه آناتولیایی Persian Hypothèse anatolienne French
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The Anatolian hypothesis, also known as the Anatolian theory or the sedentary farmer theory, first developed by British archaeologist Colin Renfrew in 1987, proposes that the dispersal of Proto-Indo-Europeans originated in Neolithic Anatolia. It is the main competitor to the Kurgan hypothesis, or steppe theory, which enjoys more academic favor.[citation needed]