The Yamnaya, descendants of the CLV people, revolutionized life on the steppes with their herding practices and use of wheeled wagons.

Yamnaya graves found during an excavation in Bulgaria. Photo: Bianca Preda-Balancia, Helsinki For about half the people alive today, the story of where they came from just became clearer.

Laura Spinney’s “Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global” explores the roots of language and how it spread and changed across time and place.

Telltale markings on ancient human bones indicate that a group of people known as the Yamnaya may have ridden horses in 3000 BCE. ... herded cattle, and drove wheeled wagons.

First, farmers from the Middle East began supplanting hunter-gatherers and then, nearly 5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya began moving in — traveling with horses and wagons as they herded cattle and ...

First, farmers from the Middle East began supplanting hunter-gatherers and then, nearly 5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya began moving in, traveling with horses and wagons as they herded cattle and sheep.

Archaeologists excavated dirt mound in Hatalov and unearthed ancient Yamnaya culture grave, first-of-its-kind find for country, photos show. World 4,600-year-old teen’s burial found inside ...

The Yamnaya, who lived 5,000 years ago, are considered the world’s first nomadic pastoralists. ... they expanded east and west with wagons, possibly riding horses, ...

New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 years ago. Explore. Sign in. e-paper Subscribe Sign In.

Archaeologists excavated a dirt mound and found an ancient Yamnaya culture grave, a first-of-its-kind find for Slovakia, photos show. Photo from the Slovak Academy of Sciences Inside a relatively ...