Talk about an amazing use of big data! They have figured out the length of the "life" of words. So think about the word You. In some time it used to be Thou. Well by tracking the length of times of words - they have figured out long lasting words and seen how they track through time. As a result, they know the key words that likely had an Ice Age equivalent.
Here is the original Study - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/ultraconserved-words-ice-age-language-study_n_3228664.html?utm_source=concierge&utm_medium=onsite&utm_campaign=sailthru%2Bslider%2B
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