A 3,800-year-old extended family from the “Nepluyevsky” kurgan; 32 individuals from the burial site in the southern Ural region show patrilineality and patrilocality
Linguistics and genetics combine to suggest a new hybrid hypothesis for the origin of the Indo-European languages
Contribution of cultural heritage values to steppe conservation on kurgans, ancient burial mounds of Eurasia; the study is published in Conservation Biology
A study published in the journal Science traces the evolution of the hepatitis B virus from prehistory to the present, revealing dissemination routes and changes in viral diversity
Recent findings push back estimates of dairying in the eastern Eurasia by more than 1,700 years, pointing to migration as a potential means of introduction
A meta-analysis of dietary information demonstrates that pastoralists spread domesticated crops across the steppe through their trade and social networks
Researchers combining genetics, archaeology, history and linguistics have gained new insights into the history of inner Eurasia, once a cultural and genetic crossroads connecting Europe and Asia
