How Asian nomadic herders built new Bronze Age cultures
In wagons and on horses, Yamnaya pastoralists left their genetic mark from Ireland to China
BIG MOVES Ancient DNA indicates horse-riding pastoralists called the Yamnaya made two long-distance migrations around 5,000 years ago. One trip may have shaped Europe’s ancient Corded Ware culture, while the other launched central Asia’s Afanasievo culture.
Mesa Schumacher
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