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Cannabis, wagons, pit graves, ochre burials: the people who created the first Indo-European language in eastern Ukraine.

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Strong O C Yamna -- Creators of the First IE Language Strong O C Yamna Etymology -- Pit, Womb, Twin Strong O C Yamna Burial Customs and IE Continuity Strong O C Yamna Origin -- Compressed Manifesto Strong O C All Living IE Languages Emanate from Mykhailivke

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Mar 31, 2026
All Living IE Languages Emanate from Mykhailivke
All living Indo-European languages, cultures and religions emanate from Mykhailivke, the Yamna type-site in Zaporizhzhia.
Mar 31, 2026
Yamna -- Creators of the First IE Language
They are believed to have first used cannabis for ritual purposes. They took the invention of the wheel and wagon and built their entire economy ar...
Mar 31, 2026
Yamna Burial Customs and IE Continuity
Ukraine's Yamna era burial mounds are evidence from the first Indo-European language speakers on earth. From eastern Ukraine, we can trace this b...
Mar 31, 2026
Yamna Etymology -- Pit, Womb, Twin
Yamna were so-called by Russian archeologists because they buried their dead in a pit grave. And we found these pit graves across Europe and differ...
Mar 31, 2026
Yamna Origin -- Compressed Manifesto
We begin around 4,000 BCE with the Yamna community who lived between the Don and the Dniepr rivers of Ancient Ukraine. These Yamna created the ...

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