Bronze and Iron AgesExploration Yamnaya steppe migrations c. 3,000 BCEMajor Herders from the steppes north of the Black Sea spread widely; many linguists link them to early Indo-European languages. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → First fired clay figures → First pottery → Potter's wheel → The wheel → Yamnaya steppe migrations Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumentnature.comMassive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe (Haak et al., Nature 2015) ↗Editor's pickBookDavid W. AnthonyThe Horse, the Wheel, and Language ↗Editor's pickBookDavid ReichWho We Are and How We Got Here ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeYamnaya steppe migration ancient DNA ↗Editor's pick