2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁authors ▁of ▁the ▁paper ▁respond ed ▁to ▁their ▁critics . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁authors ▁and ▁S . ▁Green hill ▁found ▁that ▁two ▁different ▁datasets ▁were ▁also ▁consistent ▁with ▁their ▁theory . ▁An ▁analysis ▁by ▁Ry der ▁and ▁Nich oll s ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁found ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁An atol ian ▁hypothesis : ▁▁ ▁Bou ck a ert ▁et ▁al . ▁( 2 0 1 2 ), ▁including ▁Gray ▁and ▁At kin son , ▁conducted ▁a ▁computer ized ▁ph y lo ge ographic ▁study , ▁using ▁methods ▁drawn ▁from ▁the ▁model ing ▁of ▁the ▁spatial ▁diffusion ▁of ▁inf ect ious ▁dise ases ; ▁it ▁also ▁showed ▁strong ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁An atol ian ▁hypothesis ▁despite ▁having ▁under g one ▁corre ctions ▁and ▁revis ions . ▁Col in ▁Ren f rew ▁commented ▁on ▁this ▁study , ▁stating ▁that ▁"[ f ] in ally ▁we ▁have ▁a ▁clear ▁spatial ▁picture ." ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁ ▁Bay esian ▁analysis ▁Bay esian ▁analysis ▁has ▁been ▁critic ized ▁on ▁account ▁of ▁its ▁infer ring ▁the ▁lif es pan ▁of ▁a ▁language ▁from ▁that ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁its ▁words ; ▁the ▁id ios ync r atic ▁outcome ▁of , ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁language ▁ra ises ▁doub ts ▁about ▁the ▁method ▁and ▁the ▁data . ▁ ▁L ingu ist ▁Andrew ▁Gar rett , ▁comment ing ▁on ▁Bou ck a ert ▁et ▁al . ▁( 2 0 1 2 ), ▁stated ▁that ▁"[ t