The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting Their Story
Ancient DNA has upended the story of where the Indo-European languages came from, and who carried them.
J.P. Mallory sets out what archaeology, linguistics and the recent genetics now say about the people whose language became Latin, Sanskrit, Greek and most of Europe’s. The genetic evidence has settled some long arguments and reopened others, and Mallory is careful throughout about which is which. The best current account of the problem.
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Tyler Cowen
J.P. Mallory, The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting Their Story. The best book I know of on the origins and unities of Indo-European languages. I had not known Edward Sapir was born in Pomerania.
Source · June 2025
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