Who were the Proto-Indo-Europeans?

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Published 2017-06-10
The existence of the Proto-Indo-Europeans (formerly referred to as Aryans) was once argued purely on linguistic evidence, but recent analysis of DNA of the Yamnaya culture and related steppe cultures, demonstrates their genetic legacy on Indo-European cultures in a timeframe that matches the expansion proposed by linguists.

Most interesting of all, despite the fact these people started off in the Pontic Caspian steppe of Eastern Europe, modern populations in all of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe all have a strong genetic affinity with them.

This video explains what genetic and linguistic evidence tells us about how they lived, what they looked like and what their pagan religion was like.

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Sources:
Massive migration from the steppe was source for Indo-European languages in Europe
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v522/n7555/abs/natur…
Steppe people had healthy genes
biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/06/02/145193
90% of British DNA replaced in Neolithic by steppe descended invaders
eurogenes.blogspot.se/2017/05/the-bell-beaker-behe…
3 populations make up modern Europeans
drive.google.com/file/d/0B016wEaS0EWqMGxGSTBTc3VxV…
Culture and language among Corded ware people
drive.google.com/file/d/0B016wEaS0EWqMDVyQUlQb1hUY…
drive.google.com/file/d/0B016wEaS0EWqX2hCNHZzS09kZ…
Anthony, D., 'The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World'
amzn.to/3wOUyUQ

All Comments (21)
  • @Survivethejive
    Learn more by reading the links and sources in the description. Please be civil in the comments.
  • @hersirivarr1236
    Indo-Europeans, what happens when a tribe spends all their tech-points on military technology.
  • @HoundofOdin
    So, where do you want to go? Proto-Indo-Europeans: Yes.
  • @jaypee6061
    One small Steppe for man , one giant Steppe for mankind........
  • @HistoryTime
    I've been binging your channel over the last few days. Really enjoying it.
  • @boci_levu
    So Hinduism is the last trace of the original Indo-European religion before the mass conversion to Abrahamic religions?
  • @jglammi
    there was no Turkey 3600 years ago. Better to say Anatolia
  • @archaeopteryx91
    Pater Dyus = as a Spanish speaker thousands of years later, I could understand what that means immediately, no explanation is required. It's simply amazing. It's mind blowing really
  • @pite9
    So basically a Yamna man with a horse was like a man with a nice car in the 50's, a chick magnet. I totally get that, and it also explains why western girls seems to love horses.
  • @yamnayaseed356
    The beautiful thing about this language is that an English, Polish, Iranian and Indian persons can sit down listen to it and be like “hey I know this word!”. If you think about the word “ghosti” it is pretty universal
  • @smtuscany
    I'm Italian from Tuscany, and although all of my 8 great-grandparents were from Tuscany, my DNA admixture scan through GEDmatch came out with some surprising results. It was closer to the average Central European than I expected. Only 45% or so was ENF. Maybe it's because my mother's family probably had older Germanic origins, since their surname sounds like an Italianization of a German word. Now I understand why, when I was in the US, everybody thought I was from the Netherlands or France or something like that. It's interesting and fascinating to find out something about our ancient bloodline, but one must always remember that, you know, people moved A LOT across the continent since then, and interbred AF. Otherwise you wouldn't have those blonde-haired blue-eyed Sicilians, probably descending from Normans that arrived there around year 1000 CE. They're not common, but they're there.
  • Triggered you forgot the Frisians but notwithstanding the lack of trigger warnings very much enjoyed the video 😉
  • -watch Survive the Jive video -listen to soothing and calm English accent for 20 minutes -video ends -fuck didn't pay attention have to re-watch Every fucking time.
  • @dantehenry5283
    I'm not white but I love your work and your more modest demeanor. I'm thinking about doing something like this for Africans and middle easterners. I think you need to write a book compiling your interpretation of the data mate.
  • @magnomaxx2010
    I speak Portuguese, indo european idiom. I confess, when a read some hindi word i feel a strange familiarity...
  • "Geysl" meant "prisoner"? "Gijzelen" in Dutch means "to take hostage", a "gijzelaar" is a "hostage", and a "gijzelnemer" is a "hostage-taker". The "ij" in all of these words is an "ey" sound.
  • That abrupt Burzum bit had me legitimately laughing out loud for a minute. Haha, great video as always Tom, and great sense of humour haha
  • @homelessrobot
    As an American, I really relate to people who call their cheiftains potis.
  • @mrkslva4231
    Hi, I'm Praveen(Pravina -Sanskrit, proficient-English). I am a Sinhalese(Indo Aryan) from Sri Lanka, the southernmost Indo-European ethnic group. My love to all other Indo European brothers, sisters and cousins...