Ancient genomics support deep divergence between Eastern and Western Mediterranean Indo-European languages.

ABSTRACT: The Indo-European languages are among the most widely spoken in the world, yet their early diversification remains contentious^1-5. It is widely accepted that the spread of this language family across Europe from the 5th millennium BP correlates with the expansion and diversification of steppe-related genetic ancestry from the onset of the Bronze Age^6,7. However, multiple steppe-derived populations co-existed in Europe during this period, and it remains unclear how these populations diverged and which provided the demographic channels for the ancestral forms of the Italic, Celtic, Greek, and Armenian languages^8,9. To investigate the ancestral histories of Indo-European-speaking groups in Southern Europe, we sequenced genomes from 314 ancient individuals from

SUBMITTER: Yediay FE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11642759 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature