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

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 ...

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

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

Less than 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, new Secretary of State Marco Rubio met ...

In the Pacific, the Biden administration made a real effort to increase U.S. presence, opening embassies and announcing USAID ...

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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, ...

Sheep shaped human history for 12,000 years. Scientists traced their migration, domestication, and genetic evolution.

New genetic research on skeletal remains from Rakhigarhi site is being used to negate Aryan migration theory and prove that Harappans were indigenous to the subcontinent ...