The Origin of the Indo-Europeans: Evidence from Genetics.

该项目将利用从现代人口中获得的遗传信息，通过计算机模拟来测试印欧人(I-E)起源的两个相互竞争的模型。传统模式认为，欧洲的进出口人口起源于公元前4500年和公元前2500年之间的三次浪潮。一种更新的理论认为，I-E语言与更早的农业起源有关。利用欧洲3481个地点的基因数据进行的一系列测试，将检验这两个模型中哪一个更有可能获得可用的生物信息。这些测试的结果将引起人类学家、考古学家和语言学家的极大兴趣，他们关注代表这一主要语言群体的民族的起源。

This project will test two competing models of the origin of the Indo-Europeans (I-E) with computer simulation utilizing genetic information obtained from modern populations. The traditional model views the I-E population of Europe as having originated in three waves between 4500 & 2500 BC. A more recent theory says that the I-E languages are connected with a much earlier origin of agriculture. A series of tests, utilizing genetic data from 3481 locations in Europe, will examine which of these two models is more likely in terms of the available biological information. The outcome of these tests will be of considerable interest to anthropologists, archaeologists, and linguists concerned with the origin of the peoples representing this major language group.