🔴 **Ancient genomics support deep divergence between Eastern and Western Mediterranean Indo-European languages**

_“We find a deep east-west divide of steppe ancestry in Southern Europe during the Bronze Age. Specifically, we show that the arrival of steppe ancestry in Spain, France, and Italy was mediated by Bell Beaker (BB) populations of Western Europe, likely contributing to the emergence of the Italic and Celtic languages. In contrast, Armenian and Greek populations acquired steppe ancestry directly from Yamnaya groups of Eastern Europe.”_

Yediay, F.E. et al. (2024) 'Ancient genomics support deep divergence between Eastern and Western Mediterranean Indo-European languages,' bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) [Preprint]. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.02.626332.

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