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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Genetic evidence that Yamnayans spread across Europe 5,000 years ago supports linguistic steppe hypothesis
So it would seem that hunter-gatherers mixed with farmers from the east who spread across Europe about 9,000 years ago. They formed the first agricultural settlements. Then came the invasion of the nomadic Yamnaya culture around 5,000 years ago. The Yamnayans were much more individualistic than the peoples they replaced and gave rise to the prominence of the nuclear family and the development of large family holdings of cleared lands, rather than the clusters of people in village settlements. They came on horses and brought livestock. But by about 4,000 years ago they too were overrun by the warlike Sintashta. Continue reading
Posted in Peopling the world
Tagged Anatolian hypothesis, Indo-European, Steppe hypotheis, Yamnaya culture
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