Harvard researchers traced the origins of the vast Indo-European language family to the Caucasus-Lower Volga region, identifying the ancestral population that gave rise to more than 400 languages, in ...

Researchers in Poland have found more evidence of violent cannibalism in the wake of the coldest period of the last Ice Age.

A pair of landmark studies, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, has finally identified the originators of the ...

Ancient DNA analysis provides new insights into our linguistic roots. Where did the Indo-European language family originate?

A new study reveals fresh clues about Indo-European language origins, tracing an ancestral group's key role in their spread.

New research suggests that the first Indo-European speakers lived in southern Russia 6,500 years ago, challenging ...

The DNA study was split into two papers since Russian and Ukrainian researchers couldn't co-author, Nature reported.

DNA study cracks centuries-old mystery over origin of languages spoken by half the world - Indo-European languages traced to population living in steppe grasslands 6,500 years ago ...

Where lies the origin of the Indo-European language family? Researchers contribute a new piece to this puzzle. They analyzed ancient DNA from 435 individuals from archaeological sites across Eurasia ...

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

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

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