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The Origin of the Yom Naya Culture
Modern genetic testing confirmed that people related to the original Yom Naya people had migrated as far west as Central Europe and as far east as Mongolia. Their genes were spreading right alongside culture and with it, probably language. David Anthony saw a story in all of this evidence which could answer the question William Jones asked in 1786 when he discovered the connection between Indo-European languages. Who were the speakers of the original mother tongue? David Anthony thinks it might have been theYom Naya.