Linguist: The theory that the proto-language of the Altaic family originated in nomadic pastoralist communities is challenged by the fact that the oldest reconstructed Altaic vocabulary lacks specialized terms for horse breeding. Defenders of the pastoralist theory attempt to explain away this absence by arguing that early Altaic speakers simply adopted the horse-breeding terminology of neighboring groups, which subsequently replaced their native terms in the linguistic record. However, this defense is inadequate. Recent computational phylogenetic studies, which bypass borrowed vocabulary by isolating deep ancestral root morphemes, confirm the complete absence of any pastoralist concepts in the foundational structure of the language.
Determine whether the following statement accurately describes the method of reasoning used in the argument:
The linguist counters the defenders' argument by demonstrating that the alternative explanation proposed by the defenders is logically incompatible with the original evidence cited against the pastoralist theory.
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