4 , ▁in ▁ 1 , 2 0 7 ▁families . ▁ ▁The ▁rural ▁district ▁has ▁ 3 3 ▁villages . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : R ural ▁District s ▁of ▁Lor est an ▁Province ▁Category : K uh das ht ▁County <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁An atol ian ▁hypothesis , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁An atol ian ▁theory ▁or ▁the ▁sed ent ary ▁far mer ▁theory , ▁first ▁developed ▁by ▁British ▁arch ae ologist ▁Col in ▁Ren f rew ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁propos es ▁that ▁the ▁dispers al ▁of ▁Pro to - Ind o - Europe ans ▁origin ated ▁in ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁An atol ia . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁main ▁compet itor ▁to ▁the ▁K urg an ▁hypothesis , ▁or ▁ste ppe ▁theory , ▁the ▁more ▁fav oured ▁view ▁academ ically . ▁ ▁Description ▁The ▁An atol ian ▁hypothesis ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁speak ers ▁of ▁Pro to - Ind o - Europe an ▁( PI E ) ▁lived ▁in ▁An atol ia ▁during ▁the ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁era , ▁and ▁it ▁associ ates ▁the ▁distribution ▁of ▁historical ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁languages ▁with ▁the ▁expansion ▁during ▁the ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁revolution ▁of ▁the ▁ 7 th ▁and ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁mill enn ia ▁BC . ▁ ▁This ▁hypothesis ▁states ▁that ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁languages ▁began ▁to ▁spread ▁peace fully , ▁by ▁dem ic ▁diffusion , ▁into ▁Europe ▁from ▁Asia ▁Minor ▁from ▁around ▁ 7 0 0 0 ▁BC ▁with ▁the ▁Ne