Scholar Jared Diamond and archaeologist Peter Bellwood have taken up Militarev's arguments as part of their general argument that the spread of linguistic macrofamilies (such as Indo-European, Bantu, and Austro-Asiatic) can be associated with the development of agriculture; they argue that there is clear archaeological support for farming spreading from the Levant into Africa via the Nile valley.
skˈɑːlɚ dʒˈæɹəd dˈaɪəmənd ænd ˌɑːɹkiːˈɑːlədʒˌɪst pˈiːɾɚ bˈɛlwʊd hæv tˈeɪkən ˌʌp mˈɪlɪtˌɛɹvz ˈɑːɹɡjuːmənts æz pˈɑːɹt ʌv ðɛɹ dʒˈɛnɚɹəl ˈɑːɹɡjuːmənt ðætðə spɹˈɛd ʌv lɪŋɡwˈɪstɪk mˈækɹəfˌæmɪliz sˈʌtʃ ɐz ˈɪndoʊjˌʊɹɹəpˈiən, bˈæntuː, ænd ˈɔːstɹoʊˌeɪʒɪˈæɾɪk kæn biː ɐsˈoʊsɪˌeɪɾᵻd wɪððə dɪvˈɛləpmənt ʌv ˈæɡɹɪkˌʌltʃɚ; ðeɪ ˈɑːɹɡjuː ðæt ðɛɹ ɪz klˈɪɹ ˌɑːɹkiːəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl səpˈoːɹt fɔːɹ fˈɑːɹmɪŋ spɹˈɛdɪŋ fɹʌmðə ləvˈænt ˌɪntʊ ˈæfɹɪkə vˈaɪə ðə nˈaɪl vˈæli.