Archaeologists identify the birthplace of the mysterious Yamnaya (www.economist.com)

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Yet they and their descendants would go on to transform Europe and much of Asia genetically, culturally and linguistically. Among the many innovations that these steppe migrants ushered in, scientists believe, are the Indo-European languages that are dominant in Europe today, and which are spoken by nearly half of humanity.

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[-] HowRu68@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

Location: "Mykhailivka, a village on the right bank of the River Dnieper in Ukraine, lies dangerously close to the front line of Russia’s war on its western neighbour. Seventy years ago, however, it was the site of an excavation by Ukrainian archaeologists. There, they discovered one of the earliest known settlements of the Yamnaya culture."

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Just going to point out the irony that modern Europeans are descended from migrants that infiltrated the Continent and interbred with the locals until their genes and culture were dominant.

[-] Sebbe@lemmy.sebbem.se 14 points 6 months ago

How is that ironic to anyone who finished primary school? This is literally the case for every people except possibly a couple of tribes in Africa.

[-] Haagel@lemmings.world 4 points 6 months ago

What is the irony? That Europeans are now stereotypically parochial?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 5 points 6 months ago

White supremacists shit themselves to sleep worrying about "replacement theory," which is basically that.

Anyone that isn't a dumb, bigoted bastard just kind of shrugs at the idea that their grandkids might have tan skin.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Paywalled and I can't find a way around it.

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 16 points 6 months ago

Here you go https://archive.ph/5vEbe

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Thanks!

[-] HowRu68@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Tnx, updated OP.

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