The Indo-Europeans rediscovered : how a scientific revolution is rewriting their story /

"Today the number of native speakers of Indo-European languages across the world is approximated to be over 2.6 billion--about 45 percent of the Earth's population. Yet the idea that an ancient, prehistoric population in one time and place gave rise to a wide variety of peoples and languag...

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Main Author: Mallory, J. P. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thames & Hudson Inc, 2025.
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