Hardened dental plaque coating the ancient teeth of Bronze Age pastoralists suggests the emergence of dairying and milk-drinking coincided with a wave of migration across the Pontic-Caspian steppe.

Popularized by myth and historical accounts as horse-riding warrior nomads of the Eurasian steppe, the true story of the Scythians (pronounced Sith-ian) ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from ...

This was a crucial moment in our evolutionary history, but it also marked a significant change in our relationship to ...

According to a 2009 paper, people living on the Pontic steppe first borrowed pottery from the Rakushechny Yar culture in modern-day Russia. However the area learned farming, it happened in some way ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have uncovered evidence of 214 ancient pathogens within the DNA of prehistoric humans, offering new insights into the origins and spread of infectious diseases.

The Pontic-Caspian Steppe - a dynamic place. The vast area of the Pontic-Caspian Steppe region has worked as a motor for demographic events throughout Eurasia, ...

A new study, looking at the sex-specifically inherited X chromosome of prehistoric human remains, shows that hardly any women took part in the extensive migration from the Pontic-Caspian Steppe ...

Ancient genomes suggest the eastern Pontic-Caspian steppe as the source of western Iron Age nomads. Science Advances, 2018; 4 (10): eaat4457 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat4457; ...

Plague first came to Europe during the Stone Age "Y. pestis was possibly introduced to Europe from the steppe around 4,800 years ago, where it established a local reservoir before moving back ...

Genetic data show mainly men migrated from the Pontic steppe to Europe 5,000 years ago. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 02 / 170221154823.htm.