Ancient DNA analysis has allowed us to make some groundbreaking discoveries, and it’s time to add a new one to the list.
Ron Pinhasi and his team in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Vienna have uncovered new details about our linguistic roots. In collaboration with Harvard University’s ancient DNA lab, the team has filled a gap in the Indo-European linguistic record that has puzzled scientists and historians for centuries in a new study published in Nature.
What are Indo-European Languages?
There are over 400 variations of the Indo-European language which are spoken by over half of the world’s population. These variations include all languages with Germanic, Romantic, Slavic, Indo-Iranian, and Celtic ancestry.
