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The Yamnaya Culture and the Proto-Indo-European Migrations

Tides of History

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Introduction

The man picked up a palm-sized shard of pottery and examined it. He remembered what the vessel had looked like when it had been intact years before. This was where he had made his name and convinced other men to follow him. Put my burial mound in that pasture where it would be visible for miles around on the plain next to the ruined settlement. That would be my lacy headstone. 5,000 years ago, migrants from the Eurasian steppe brought their way of life, their proto-Indo-European language, and their genes into central Europe. By doing so, they shaped the linguistic and genetic future of the continent and the world. But migration is a

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