📌 Historians hypothesized the existence of Indo-Europeans from cultural similarities, including common elements among different religions and cultures.
Shared cultures and languages → hypotheses about common Indo-European ancestors
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Indo-Europeans used vehicles pulled by horses and bovines and practiced livestock breeding.
An ancient DNA study demonstrated migrations of peoples from the Eurasian steppes toward Europe and western Asia over approximately 500 years.
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Hypotheses without archaeology versus confirmation through ancient DNA
1. Regarding hypotheses about Indo-European origins, which statements are correct?
2. The linguistic evidence used to hypothesize Indo-European origins includes:
3. Concerning evidence about Indo-European practices, select the correct statements:
What cultural evidence suggested the existence of Indo-Europeans?
Common elements among different religions and cultures.
What linguistic evidence supports the existence of Indo-Europeans?
Common words in different languages.
What does available information suggest about Indo-European writing?
Indo-Europeans had no writing.
What did an ancient DNA study demonstrate about Eurasian steppe peoples?
They migrated toward Europe and western Asia over about 500 years.
Indo-European hypotheses label
Based on shared cultures and languages.
Evidence for Indo-Europeans
Ancient DNA shows migrations from Eurasian steppes.
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