Radcliffe: Using Genetics to Understand the Origin and Spread of the Indo-Europeans

Date and Time

October 26, 2016
04:00PM - 04:00PM EDT

Location

Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

Part of the 2016–2017 Fellows' Presentation Series

Lecture by Nick Patterson RI '17

Nick Patterson is studying how Indo-European, the largest language family on Earth, spread across Eurasia. There is rich genetic data available—including DNA from more than a hundred populations of India and ancient DNA from many relevant areas, including Iran and the Russian steppe.

Free and open to the public.