Ferghana Valley, Early Corded Ware and Slavic DNA in Greeks

A summary of some recent genetic research and some of my own speculations. We now know that the early Corded Ware (>2600 BCE) were essentially just Yamnaya with R1a. The fringe theory that the CWC spoke were Proto-Uralic speakers has been put to rest. The missing links connecting CWC and Yamnaya are closer to being solved with this paper. After Haak and…