June 2018 PMID 29743352

The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia.

Peter de Barros Damgaard, Rui Martiniano, Jack Kamm, J Víctor Moreno-Mayar, Guus Kroonen, Michaël Peyrot, Gojko Barjamovic, Simon Rasmussen, Claus Zacho, Nurbol Baimukhanov, Victor Zaibert, Victor Merz, Arjun Biddanda, Ilja Merz, Valeriy Loman

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The discussions reveal both support and critique of the genetic and archaeological interpretations, exemplified by comments referencing seminal studies (such as Damgaard et al. 2018) and questioning conclusions about migrations and cultural diffusion, with tone varying from analytical to skeptical, indicating active engagement with the article’s implications for understanding ancient Eurasian history.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions agree that the findings challenge simplistic narratives about Indo-European migrations and emphasize the complexity of ancient population movements.

InterestHigh interest

The discourse is highly engaging, with many referencing specific studies and debates, indicating strong interest in ancient genetics and cultural history.

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Participants analyze methodologies and implications, showing a moderate level of deep engagement, especially regarding genetic evidence and historical interpretations.

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The conversations highlight that the article influences ongoing debates in archaeology and genetics, potentially reshaping understanding of early Bronze Age expansions and language spread.

Abstract in brief

  • The Yamnaya expansion from the western steppe around 3000 BCE is linked to the spread of Indo-European languages and possibly horse husbandry, mainly affecting Europe.
  • The study of ancient genomes shows that the Botai people, associated with early horse domestication, had a different ancestry from the Yamnaya, indicating separate origins for horse husbandry.
  • There is evidence of migration bringing West Eurasian ancestry into South Asia before and after the Yamnaya period, but no significant steppe-related genetic influence was found in Bronze Age Anatolia, suggesting limited direct impact of Yamnaya migrations in Asia.]

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@AnadoluTarihii · X

MAKALE ELEŞTİRİSİ İlk atlı çobanlar ve erken Tunç Çağı bozkır genişlemelerinin Asya'ya etkisi The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia Yamnaya kültüründen göçler üzerine "popülist genetikçilik”⬇️ https://t.co/WFi5btEZEm

Feb 23, 2025 · 9 likes · 4 shares · 8,324 followers View post →
Ashish
@agenetics1 · X

The fact that SC Asian ancient populations are very good proxies for the Iranian component in Indians was well known since Damgaard et al 2016 who first published an ancient SC Asian sample from 3200 bce Namazga. https://t.co/D2TymiJtGr https://t.co/L80tLQ0H0J

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Akkadian_V12
@Akkadian_V12 · X

نتائج لرفات من تركيا تعود لحقبة الحيثيون احداها نشرت هنا في مشجرة Yfull [https://t.co/6ijz9h1XOI](https://t.co/cROYr6hrIR) العينات من دراسة: The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia https://t.co/BtidzUNBzz

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Alper
@Adbhpvohvgov · X

@BiniciDeprem Örnek bu makaleden: https://t.co/xqeVxpJYAZ

Sep 12, 2025 · 3 likes · 1,289 followers View post →
Chase Patterson
@chasewpatterson · X

Taylor & Barron-Ortiz Rethinking the evidence for early horse domestication at Botai https://t.co/lXFnxw0NWm Damgaard et al The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia https://t.co/zTGF5OLXTn

Jul 14, 2021 · 3 likes · 824 followers View post →
Planeta Explora
@PlanetaExplora · X

The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia | Science https://t.co/m91Yrfo8K6

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APO S2EN ZAHİ!-BABA TAHLİYE!
@Zahi_Yeni · X

@grok @hailo_berto Grok çarpıtıyor ve avrupanın aryan hint-avrupa merkezli kendilerini dünyanın fatihi olarak gördüğü saçma tarih anlatışına kaptırıyorsun gerçekler ise Damgaard et al., Science, 2018, DOI: 10.1126/science.aar7711 Di Cosmo (2002), Ancient China and Its Enemies; Beckwith (2009), https://t.co/lWZvZ9FUd3

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Alper
@Adbhpvohvgov · X

@BiniciDeprem Örnek bu makaleden: https://t.co/xqeVxpJYAZ

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ParamaShiva
@ParamaS44173237 · X

@gargivach Read this eLetters (not the article): https://t.co/lS6v1uqVeU Admixture analysis is fraudulent & goes against ur logical claims here & the textbook axioms (higher diversity = native) the opposite of your tweets. (1/2)

Apr 10, 2025 · 74 followers View post →
Niraj Choudhary
@NocturneDream · X

@razibkhan No Evidence Yamnaya groups migrated to India in the timeframe to unite the languages: https://t.co/hDfMhIvDij No Iranian farmer or Steppe Pastoral genome to support the conquest theory the idea of an Indo-European language tree hinged on: https://t.co/BFxQeCzRLh https://t.co/mBJnccCIgO

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RT @AnadoluTarihii: MAKALE ELEŞTİRİSİ İlk atlı çobanlar ve erken Tunç Çağı bozkır genişlemelerinin Asya'ya etkisi The first horse herders…

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RT @AnadoluTarihii: MAKALE ELEŞTİRİSİ İlk atlı çobanlar ve erken Tunç Çağı bozkır genişlemelerinin Asya'ya etkisi The first horse herders…

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RT @AnadoluTarihii: MAKALE ELEŞTİRİSİ İlk atlı çobanlar ve erken Tunç Çağı bozkır genişlemelerinin Asya'ya etkisi The first horse herders…

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@K_TURK_19051919 · X

RT @AnadoluTarihii: MAKALE ELEŞTİRİSİ İlk atlı çobanlar ve erken Tunç Çağı bozkır genişlemelerinin Asya'ya etkisi The first horse herders…

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Arkeoloji ve TÜRK Tarihi
@AnadoluTarihii · X

MAKALE ELEŞTİRİSİ İlk atlı çobanlar ve erken Tunç Çağı bozkır genişlemelerinin Asya'ya etkisi The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia Yamnaya kültüründen göçler üzerine "popülist genetikçilik”⬇️ https://t.co/WFi5btEZEm

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@ToygarCanatan · X

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José Pinto ✝️ Cristão Novo
@2dedostesta5 · X

@Harvard @ChrisStringer65 @BarackObama @damasiousc @APApsychiatric @MIT @APA The lack of steppe ancestry in samples from Anatolia indicates that the spread of the earliest branch of IE languages into that region was not associated with a major population migration from the steppe. Source: https://t.co/SucJvhRLJi https://t.co/lQJmzXbmFh

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@bixlereid · X

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@Lor2ie · X

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@anonymity_abc · X

@nih62806 @VedicWisdom1 https://t.co/lJmgT91WTB here's a well sourced out reference for you https://t.co/ADNnmPKEOB

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RT @Hatashirorz: 以前にアンソニーの本を紹介するときに、馬の家畜化の起源についてもツイートした。 最近、RTされたので改めて調べたら、以下の論文が2018年に出ていたことを知ったのでメモとして残す。 https://t.co/PDbN4klHLr

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RT @Hatashirorz: 以前にアンソニーの本を紹介するときに、馬の家畜化の起源についてもツイートした。 最近、RTされたので改めて調べたら、以下の論文が2018年に出ていたことを知ったのでメモとして残す。 https://t.co/PDbN4klHLr

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@ka_ku_ta · X

RT @Hatashirorz: 以前にアンソニーの本を紹介するときに、馬の家畜化の起源についてもツイートした。 最近、RTされたので改めて調べたら、以下の論文が2018年に出ていたことを知ったのでメモとして残す。 https://t.co/PDbN4klHLr

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@jugram51036 · X

RT @agenetics1: The fact that SC Asian ancient populations are very good proxies for the Iranian component in Indians was well known since…

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Regalde
@Marlight3 · X

Sana da birkaç araştırma atiyim da bu konu hakkında biraz bilgilen. Gösterdiği kaynak da Ancestry

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Regalde
@Marlight3 · X

@peixingjian01 Kaynağın yok hala saçma sapan konuşuyorsun. Eğer bilgilenmek istiyorsan birkaç araştırma okumanı öneririm. Bunlar sadece birazi ikincisinde bir suru kaynak var onlara da bak. Genler karmaşıktır ve düzgün arastirilmasi gerekir. https://t.co/WEYnL4R5fU https://t.co/ABppbXa5rg

Dec 1, 2023 · 433 followers View post →
57harrierstrikes
@goodforharriers · X

@Hannah553824726 @ckscary @isqueezegatz @empireenjoyer10 @quityourmeds Oh wait I forgot to link this. Light skin in Northern Indians is almost certainly due to at least one later wave of neolithic European genetic influx(invasion) into India, penetrating the genetics... https://t.co/ET6dTqilyg https://t.co/bRGNHtNVYU

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Ashish
@agenetics1 · X

The fact that SC Asian ancient populations are very good proxies for the Iranian component in Indians was well known since Damgaard et al 2016 who first published an ancient SC Asian sample from 3200 bce Namazga. https://t.co/D2TymiJtGr https://t.co/L80tLQ0H0J

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Dibyamartanda Samanta
@Dibyamartanda · X

@FSvedang @yajnadevam @HINDprehistory Where is prove of disproving Norduck Supremacy Theorist Aryan Invasion Theory, Sorry Neo Nazis just Cope , here is your answer https://t.co/vpVEQYQTM8

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@boots_fleck1 · X

RT @Hatashirorz: 以前にアンソニーの本を紹介するときに、馬の家畜化の起源についてもツイートした。 最近、RTされたので改めて調べたら、以下の論文が2018年に出ていたことを知ったのでメモとして残す。 https://t.co/PDbN4klHLr

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@enviro_matters · X

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@DuderDude10 · X

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@fk2AVC4p1uSW9Pe · X

RT @Akkadian_DNA: نتائج لرفات من تركيا تعود لحقبة الحيثيون احداها نشرت هنا في مشجرة Yfull [https://t.co/6ijz9h1XOI](https://t.co/cROYr6hr…

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Akkadian_V12
@Akkadian_V12 · X

نتائج لرفات من تركيا تعود لحقبة الحيثيون احداها نشرت هنا في مشجرة Yfull [https://t.co/6ijz9h1XOI](https://t.co/cROYr6hrIR) العينات من دراسة: The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia https://t.co/BtidzUNBzz

Sep 2, 2022 · 4 likes · 1 share · 13,762 followers View post →
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@Jara7x0 · X

الدراسة الثانية DamgaardNature2018 The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia https://t.co/iFr8qsGiBg

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@Sukeota1 · X

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@Vro1000 · X

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@BayArea_Sharks · X

@torontocards1 @awanti_semite It’s academic samples from the Daamgard study. There are 20+ samples each for Yusufzai, Uthmankhel and Tarkalani tribes from Swat/Dir. He didn’t mention phenotype. https://t.co/rjPW8O1tAq

Nov 14, 2021 · 169 followers View post →
Chase Patterson
@chasewpatterson · X

Taylor & Barron-Ortiz Rethinking the evidence for early horse domestication at Botai https://t.co/lXFnxw0NWm Damgaard et al The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia https://t.co/zTGF5OLXTn

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@Ag_Bieniek · X

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@___Ambassador__ · X

@TrueShoebill @Vritrahan2014 You know what that "[38]" is after that sentence? The statement you are quoting isint even part of the studies analysis, it's a citation to https://t.co/w25dSweoBm this study, and if you read the complete abstract you will realise what they mean

May 16, 2021 · 1 like · 819 followers View post →
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@germanbgiron · X

RT @PlanetaExplora: The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia | Science https://t.co/m91Yrfo8K6

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Planeta Explora
@PlanetaExplora · X

The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia | Science https://t.co/m91Yrfo8K6

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@germanbgiron · X

The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia | Science https://t.co/fDqOcqDiRu

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@VladimirVladi69 · X

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@syriahay · X

@Gula_ciya_ @Zer_Kurd @Geshti_Azadi @issarro @USConGenErbil Damgaard, Peter de Barros (2018), The First Horse herders and the Impact of Early Bronze Age Steppe expansions into Asia Wang, Chuan-Chao (2018), The genetic prehistory of the Greater Caucasus Grolle, Johann (12 May 2018), "Invasion aus der Steppe", Der Spiegel

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@fsantini2015.bsky.social · Bluesky

The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6396/eaar7711

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