Half of humanity shares an ancestral link to an ancient group of people from Ukraine, reshaping our understanding of human history and migration.

Yamnaya people moved into Central Asia from the region around present day Caucasus in early Bronze Age (c. 5000 years ago) and developed the Afanasievo culture. The Afanasievo are one of the ...

A typical Yamnaya individual from the Caspian steppe in Russia ca. 5,000-4,800 BP. Yamnaya people were tall and were buried in deep pits covered by a small barrow. Ten thousands were built during ...

“There are no indigenous people—anyone who hearkens back to racial purity is confronted with the meaninglessness of the concept.” Yamnaya artifacts from their homeland in Russia and Ukraine ...

New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 years ago. For about half the people alive today, the story of where they ...

For about half the people alive today, the story of where they came from just became clearer. For centuries, historians and ...

The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe (YMPACT) is an international and interdisciplinary research project based at the University of Helsinki Department of Cultures and funded by the European ...

Yamnaya people migrating to Europe in the Bronze Age carried gene variants increasing multiple sclerosis risk, possibly spreading them due to protective effects against infections from their ...