The ancient culture, which transformed Europe, was also less murderous than once thought

Yet they and their descendants would go on to transform Europe and much of Asia genetically, culturally and linguistically. Among the many innovations that these steppe migrants ushered in, scientists believe, are the Indo-European languages that are dominant in Europe today, and which are spoken by nearly half of humanity.

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  • @HaagelEnglish
    4•7 months ago

    What is the irony? That Europeans are now stereotypically parochial?

    • @DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafeEnglish
      5•7 months ago

      White supremacists shit themselves to sleep worrying about “replacement theory,” which is basically that.

      Anyone that isn’t a dumb, bigoted bastard just kind of shrugs at the idea that their grandkids might have tan skin.