"The #Ukrainian hamlet #Mykhailivka, now under Russian occupation, was pinpointed as the genetic cradle of the #Yamnaya. From there they exploded across Eurasia, spreading their genes and their way of life from Portugal to Mongolia. This expansion, archaeologists and geneticists say, defines much of the world’s genetic and cultural heritage to this day. “They changed the populations of #Europe, and ultimately, the world,“ Reich said."

#Ukraine #archeology #research

https://www.wsj.com/science/the-ancient-horsemen-who-created-the-modern-world-ba4b314d?st=11vVeS&reflink=article_copyURL_share

Découverte du chaînon manquant dans l'histoire des langues indo-européennes
https://decouvertes-archeologiques.blogspot.com/2025/02/decouverte-du-chainon-manquant-dans.html
#langue #indoeuropéen #Anatolie #steppe #Asie #Europe #archéologie #histoire #Yamnaya #ADN

The home of the 5000-year-old #Yamnaya civilization, ancestors of most of the people currently alive in Europe, US, and all the way down to Iran and India, has finally been pinpointed in the valley laying between the Dniepr and Don rivers - just in the middle of Eastern Ukraine’s current battlefield. It was most likely a branch of the original Indo-European communities that lived in the Caucasian steppe.

From the Ukrainian steppes, these people spread throughout the whole continent within a couple of centuries, arrived in the UK about 4500 years ago, carried with them the language that evolved into the languages spoken by most of today’s people (from Latin, to Norse, to Germanic, to Sanskrit), the Y chromosome carried by most of men alive today, and probably also tolerance to lactose - and also susceptibility to genetic diseases like multiple sclerosis.

It’s sad to think that this may be the last archaeological finding in those lands for a while, as future archaeological missions will probably have to dig through km of landmines.

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/05/05/archaeologists-identify-the-birthplace-of-the-mysterious-yamnaya

How ancient herders rewrote northern Europeans’ genetic story
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/yamnaya-herders-dna-europeans-genetic-multiple-sclerosis #europeans #genetics #migration #Yamnaya #MultipleSclerosis #Eurasians #GlobularAmphora #CordedWare #autoimmune

Archaeoethnologica: Cranial Deformation between Yamnayas & Beyond / Deformação craniana entre os Yamnaya e Além

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/.../deformacao...