The Ancient Horsemen Who Created the Modern World
New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 ...
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Most ancient Europeans had dark skin, eyes and hair up until 3,000 years ago, new research finds
The new study showed that the frequency of people with dark skin was still high in parts of Europe until the Copper Age (also ...
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Ancient 6,500-Year-Old DNA Reveals the Origin of Indo-European Languages Spoken by Half the World
By analyzing DNA from ancient skeletons ... farmers and gave rise to languages like Hittite, the oldest known Indo-European language that we have written records of. “We’ve been on the ...
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Scientists Just Discovered Where One of Europe’s Oldest Ancestors Came From
It is thought that Indo-European languages ... archaeologists will keep adding flesh and bone to the ghosts of Europe’s ancient past. “[Our findings show] a continuous process of ...
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The first Europeans weren’t who you might think
Another theory, proposed a century ago by a German scholar named Gustaf Kossinna, held that the proto-Indo-Europeans were an ancient race of north Germans—the people who made Corded Ware pots ...
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Harvard Researchers Discover Origin of Indo-European Language Family
The study used ancient DNA analysis to provide insights into the origins of Indo-European languages, linking their expansion to a population known as the Yamnaya, who appeared around 3300 BCE and ...
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The ancient horsemen who created the modern world
For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...