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Distribution of Bell Beaker-derived and Yamnaya-derived ancestry proportions obtained from the IBD admixture model. The proportion of each steppe source is standardized by the total steppe contributions, i.e. the sum of Corded Ware, Bell Beaker and Yamnaya-Samara contributions. [More information: Yediay, F. E., Kroonen, G., Sabatini, S., Frei, K. M., Frank, A. B., Pinotti, T., … Willerslev, E. (2024). Ancient genomics support deep divergence between Eastern and Western Mediterranean Indo-European languages. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2024.12.02.626332]

Credit: Fulya Eylem Yediay et al. (2024)

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I was taught Italian was invented in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. :)

[Adder]

From another source:
“In its early phase, the Bell Beaker culture paralleled the Corded Ware culture of Central Europe. Around 2400 BC, it began to expand eastwards into the Corded Ware horizon. The mature phase of the Bell Beaker culture is recognized for its complexity, involving characteristic artifacts, metalwork in copper and gold, long-distance exchange networks, archery, and specific ornamentation types. This phase also saw the emergence of social stratification and regional elites.”

Supposedly the ultimate source of Bell Beaker peeps was also the steppes.
Seems like a lotta folks hated being there and left...

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