Linguists link English, Hindi to single ancestor language spoken 6,500 years ago

Linguists link English, Hindi to single ancestor language spoken 6,500 years ago



Our most important conclusion is that statistical phylogenetic analysis strongly supports the steppe hypothesis of IE origins, contrary to the claims of previous research. This in turn contributes to the study of Eurasian linguistic prehistory, indicating that IE language dispersal was not driven by the spread of agriculture.