For decades, the leading theory for the ubiquity of Indo–European languages was that early farmers, living in a region known ...

A pair of landmark studies, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, has finally identified the originators of the Indo-European family of 400-plus languages, spoken today by more than 40% of the ...

We explore all periods of the history of the English language, from Old English to the present day, and examine the development and use of varieties of spoken and written English, both globally and ...

The mid-19th century was a turbulent period in Welsh history. Popular risings and riots ... reason was the continued existence of the Welsh language. After a speech in 1846 by William Williams ...

Where lies the origin of the Indo-European language family? Ron Pinhasi and his team in the Department of Evolutionary ...

This study identified a missing link in this rich and complex history of language. Much of the study of Indo-European languages focuses on what’s called steppe ancestry. But what exactly is that?