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

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

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

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.

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

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 ...

The rise of pastoralist peoples in the Eurasian steppes and their westward spread some 5,000 years ago may have been fueled by sheep herding and people exploiting their milk. As early as 8,000 years ...

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

A magnificent sculpted golden comb made by a Greek sculptor is one of the great treasures of the Hermitage Museum ...

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