Get the Summary of Laura Spinney's Proto in 20 minutes. Science journalist Laura Spinney explores how Proto-Indo-European originated on the steppes between Europe and Asia and gave rise to hundreds of modern tongues, from English and French to Sanskrit and Persian. Though its speakers vanished thousands of years ago, their linguistic legacy remains. In Proto(2025), Spinney weaves together linguistics, archaeology, and genetics to paint a rich picture of human migration, cultural exchange, and the evolution of language itself...
