New genetic evidence traces the roots of English, Sanskrit, and hundreds of other languages to a group of hunter-gatherers in ...

Ancient-DNA analyses identify a Caucasus Lower Volga people as the ancient originators of Proto-Indo-European, the precursor ...

For decades, the leading theory for the ubiquity of Indo-European languages was that early farmers, living in a region known ...

DNA study cracks centuries-old mystery over origin of languages spoken by half the world - Indo-European languages traced to ...

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

Learn more about groundbreaking genetic research that reveals a long-lost population and solves a centuries-old linguistic mystery.

Where lies the origin of the Indo-European language family? Ron Pinhasi and his team in the Department of Evolutionary ...

A pair of landmark studies has genetically identified the originators of the massive Indo-European family of 400-plus ...

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 ...

A breakthrough discovery has revealed the hidden link between ancient populations and the spread of Indo-European languages.

A recent study explores the ancient history of sheep domestication, offering new insights into their role in human migration ...