■ Direction You have 20 minutes to plan and write your response. You response will be judge on the basis of The quality of writing and on how well your response presents the points in the lecture and the relationship to the reading passage. Typically, an effective response will be 150 to 225 words. ■ Question Summarize the points made in the lecture you just heard, explaining how they cast doubt on the points made in the reading
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The reading passage contends that Etruscans originated from Turkey. On the other hand , the lecturer brings up several points that contradict this argument.
First, the reading passage states that DNA evidence shows that Etruscans migrated from Turkey. However, the lecturer rebuts the reading passage's assertion by saying that because DNA was from a long time ago,it would have been damaged. Also, because many people contacted the archeological sites, DNA must have been contaminated.
Second, the reading passage explains that language indicates that Etruscans have Turkish roots. However, the lecturer argues that this idea is not strong enough to prove it. The reason is that similarity of alphabet between Etruscans and Turkish does not necessarily mean that they have the same language. This is because there are possibilities that different language has the similar alphabet. Also, we cannot strongly assume that Etruscans differ from Indo-European languages that spoken nearby this is because there is a possibility that Etruscans are only surviving member of language Family.
Third, the reading passage points out that Turkish and Etruscans shared funerary practices. However, the lecturer is in the opposition to the idea. The lecturer claims that cremation was practiced in Italy even before Etruscans were established. This implies that Etruscans would have been a successor of this tradition.