Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe

Wolfgang Haak, Iosif Lazaridis, Nick Patterson, Nadin Rohland, Swapan Mallick, Bastien Llamas, Guido Brandt, Susanne Nordenfelt, Eadaoin Harney, Kristin Stewardson, Qiaomei Fu, Alissa Mittnik, Eszter Bánffy, Christos Economou, Michael Francken, Susanne Friederich, Rafael Garrido Pena, Fredrik Hallgren, Valery Khartanovich, Aleksandr Khokhlov, Michael Kunst, Pavel Kuznetsov, Harald Meller, Oleg Mochalov, Vayacheslav Moiseyev, Nicole Nicklisch, Sandra L. Pichler, Roberto Risch, Manuel A. Rojo Guerra, Christina Roth, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy, Joachim Wahl, Matthias Meyer, Johannes Krause, Dorcas Brown, David Anthony, Alan Cooper, Kurt Werner Alt and David Reich ()
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Wolfgang Haak: Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Environment Institute, University of Adelaide
Iosif Lazaridis: Harvard Medical School
Nick Patterson: Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Nadin Rohland: Harvard Medical School
Swapan Mallick: Harvard Medical School
Bastien Llamas: Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Environment Institute, University of Adelaide
Guido Brandt: Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
Susanne Nordenfelt: Harvard Medical School
Eadaoin Harney: Harvard Medical School
Kristin Stewardson: Harvard Medical School
Qiaomei Fu: Harvard Medical School
Alissa Mittnik: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen, D-72070 Tübingen, Germany
Eszter Bánffy: Institute of Archaeology, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Science, H-1014 Budapest, Hungary
Christos Economou: Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University, 114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
Michael Francken: Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment, University of Tübingen, D-72070 Tübingen, Germany
Susanne Friederich: State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt and State Museum of Prehistory, D-06114 Halle, Germany
Rafael Garrido Pena: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
Fredrik Hallgren: The Cultural Heritage Foundation, Västerås 722 12, Sweden
Valery Khartanovich: Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) RAS, St Petersburg 199034, Russia
Aleksandr Khokhlov: Volga State Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities, Samara 443099, Russia
Michael Kunst: Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut, E-28002 Madrid, Spain
Pavel Kuznetsov: Volga State Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities, Samara 443099, Russia
Harald Meller: State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt and State Museum of Prehistory, D-06114 Halle, Germany
Oleg Mochalov: Volga State Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities, Samara 443099, Russia
Vayacheslav Moiseyev: Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) RAS, St Petersburg 199034, Russia
Nicole Nicklisch: Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
Sandra L. Pichler: Institute for Prehistory and Archaeological Science, University of Basel, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland
Roberto Risch: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
Manuel A. Rojo Guerra: Universidad de Valladolid, E-47002 Valladolid, Spain
Christina Roth: Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
Anna Szécsényi-Nagy: Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
Joachim Wahl: State Office for Cultural Heritage Management Baden-Württemberg, Osteology, D-78467 Konstanz, Germany
Matthias Meyer: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
Johannes Krause: Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen, D-72070 Tübingen, Germany
Dorcas Brown: Hartwick College
David Anthony: Hartwick College
Alan Cooper: Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Environment Institute, University of Adelaide
Kurt Werner Alt: Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
David Reich: Harvard Medical School

Nature, 2015, vol. 522, issue 7555, 207-211

Abstract: A genome-wide analysis of 69 ancient Europeans reveals the history of population migrations around the time that Indo-European languages arose in Europe, when there was a large migration into Europe from the Eurasian steppe in the east (providing a genetic ancestry still present in Europeans today); these findings support a ‘steppe origin’ hypothesis for how some Indo-European languages arose.

Date: 2015
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