February 2025 marks the release of Ilaria Palomba's new book, Purgatorio (Alter Ego Edizioni). The Apulian writer, now a ...

uniquely preserving linguistic archaisms that were lost in all other IE branches. Previous studies had not found steppe ancestry among the Hittites because, the new paper argues, the Anatolian ...

DNA study cracks centuries-old mystery over origin of languages spoken by half the world - Indo-European languages traced to population living in steppe grasslands 6,500 years ago ...

Ancient DNA analysis provides new insights into our linguistic roots. Where did the Indo-European language family originate?

In addition, Crace authenticates his history by sprinkling his narrative with sparkling mica-like archaisms and quaint dialectal variations – ruddocks and dunnocks pick at grain, damsons are scrumped, ...

The only branch of Indo-European language that had not exhibited any steppe ancestry previously was Anatolian, including Hittite, probably the oldest branch to split away, uniquely preserving ...