Indo-European Languages
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Ancient German gotras
Discussing a study of two Bell Beaker cemeteries in south Germany, the author says archaeology, DNA and isotopes show family groups in which all males share one Y haplogroup and…
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The Balto-Slavic & Indo-Iranian Connection
Reviewing a paper on Northwest Indian populations, the author argues that high steppe ancestry among Rors and Jats puts the source of Indo-Aryan ancestry in Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh,…
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Forgetting the past
Answering the common Indian objection that Indo-Aryan migration is absent from their traditions, the author argues that many peoples, such as the Greeks and Norse, keep no memory of migrations…
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The Evidence for Out Of India – Part I
In part one of a planned series, the author sets out evidence that Indo-European languages migrated out of India, starting from the Yamnaya complex and arguing that the Maykop culture,…
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A Tentative OUT OF INDIA Model To Explain The Origin & Spread Of INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
A long draft model arguing that Indo-European languages spread outwards from South-Central Asia, setting recent ancient-DNA studies alongside linguistic evidence such as Johanna Nichols’s work and archaeology, and warning it…
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Not all Aryans are Indian, though most Indians are part Aryan, and most Aryan ancestry is in India
Razib Khan clarifies terminology: ‘Aryan’ was used by Iranian as well as Indic peoples, the Indo-Aryan and Iranian split predates their arrival in South Asia, and he argues Indian culture…
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Was there an “Aryan Invasion?”
X.T.M, citing a reader’s comment on semantics, argues recent genetics supports an Indo-European migration rather than an ‘Aryan invasion’, a term he sees as a colonial divide-and-rule device with modern…
