Indo-European, Europe and English language

Ancient DNA Points to Origins of Indo-European Language
A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and hundreds of others.
Missing link in Indo-European languages' history found
Where lies the origin of the Indo-European language family? Ron Pinhasi and his team in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Vienna contribute a new piece to this puzzle in collaboration with David Reich's ancient DNA laboratory at Harvard University.
Ancient 6,500-Year-Old DNA Reveals the Origin of Indo-European Languages Spoken by Half the World
Thousands of years ago, a group of hunter-gatherers roamed the steppes of southern Russia, fishing in its rivers and hunting across its vast grasslands. They lived in a world without settlements, without writing,
Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European Language Family
Ancient-DNA analyses identify a Caucasus Lower Volga people as the ancient originators of Proto-Indo-European, the precursor to the massive Indo-European language family. The population lived on the Eurasian steppe within the borders of current-day Russia during the Copper Age about 6,500 years ago, data show.
DNA study cracks centuries-old mystery over origin of languages spoken by half the world
These language families, including Germanic, Indo-Iranian and Celtic, evolved from a common tongue called the Proto-Indo-European, whose origin has been a mystery. In the new study, researchers at Vienna University analysed DNA samples of 435 people from archaeological sites across Eurasia dating to between 6400BC and 2000BC and found that a newly recognised ancient population inhabiting the steppe grasslands of the Caucasus and the Lower Volga was connected to all modern populations speaking Indo-European languages.
Ancient DNA Unlocks Missing Link in the Origin Story of Indo-European Language
Learn more about groundbreaking genetic research that reveals a long-lost population and solves a centuries-old linguistic mystery.
How one language family took over the world: ancient DNA traces its spread
For decades, the leading theory for the ubiquity of Indo-European languages was that early farmers, living in a region known as Anatolia, which includes present-day Turkey, exported languages in the family as the agricultural revolution spread starting around 9,000 years ago.
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The Indo-European Language
The Indo-European Language The descendants of this forgotten tongue include English, Sanskrit and Greek. By comparing its "daughter languages" with one another, linguists have learned how it ...
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Findings Resolve "steppe Hypothesis" Enigma
A pair of landmark studies has genetically identified the originators of the massive Indo-European family of 400-plus ...
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Tracing Indo-European languages’ Tamil roots
This revelation is part of what is said to be a potentially path-breaking initiative to explore Tamil’s connections to Indo-European languages, providing a new perspective on the evolution of words.