A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and ...

Ancient DNA analysis provides new insights into our linguistic roots. Where did the Indo-European language family originate?

New research suggests that the first Indo-European speakers lived in southern Russia 6,500 years ago, challenging ...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans ...

Thousands of years ago, a group of hunter-gatherers roamed the steppes of southern Russia, fishing in its rivers and hunting ...

Learn about the El Mirón cave in northern Spain, home to the unusually red bones of a buried woman and ancient carnivores ...

These language families, including Germanic, Indo-Iranian and Celtic, evolved from a common tongue called the ...

This study identified a missing link in this rich and complex history of language. Much of the study of Indo-European languages focuses on what’s called steppe ancestry. But what exactly is that?

Feb. 5, 2025 — Where lies the origin of the Indo-European language family? Researchers contribute a new piece to this puzzle. They analyzed ancient DNA from 435 individuals from archaeological ...

The Philistine captives of the Egyptians as portrayed in a relief sculpture in the Medinet Habu Museum. Credit: Remih/ Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Philistines were very likely of Greek origin, ...