The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
Unravelling the mystery surrounding the ancient mother tongue that gave us English and other languages spoken by half the world.

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Unraveling the mystery surrounding the ancient mother tongue that gave us English and other languages spoken by half the world

Roughly half the world’s population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the Wheel, and Languag