What books would you recommend for a beginner to gain a comprehensive understanding of IE migrations

[Polish phenotypes]

What scientifically and historically accurate books would you recommend for a total beginner to gain a comprehensive understanding of all the migration of indoeuropeans into Europe and a complete picture of what groups inhabited europe before IE? I am interested in all peoples since the Ice Age which are still currently living in the ecosystem and ideally I would like to understand who these groups were, when (on a chronological timeline) and where (and to what extent).

I am at a beginner level at the moment (until yesterday I thought that the Yamnaya were R1As, not R1B)

[pulstar]

1) The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits
2) Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World

Perhaps not exactly about migrations but first is history in light-weight terms, second is in-depth approach to study of linguistics and languages, and how it developed.

[Polish phenotypes]

1) The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits
2) Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World

Perhaps not exactly about migrations but first is history in light-weight terms, second is in-depth approach to study of linguistics and languages, and how it developed.

Thank you, would these books enable me to understand the different european populations on a chronological timeline?

[pulstar]

Thank you, would these books enable me to understand the different european populations on a chronological timeline?

First book doesn't goes as deep as Ice Age, but it will allow you to see how civilizations developed in every part of the world, and more importantly its well defined by sections so if you are not interested in Mesoamerican or certain Asian populations you can just skip those sections of the book and not to lose the context. Second book is much larger and actually you can think of it as research of how languages spread to different populations. Based on it and the genetic data of sampled ancient civilizations, you can try to reconstruct the influence of migrations on languages, how foreign cultures influenced different group of people, as well as how modern nations came to existence. Only thing you need is a bit of good will and time because its not compiled knowledge, you need to connect the dots yourself.

Good luck out there

[Jana]

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

https://www.amazon.com/Horse-Wheel-L.../dp/069114818X
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ho...,_and_Language
This is top read for the subject.

[Polish phenotypes]

First book doesn't goes as deep as Ice Age, but it will allow you to see how civilizations developed in every part of the world, and more importantly its well defined by sections so if you are not interested in Mesoamerican or certain Asian populations you can just skip those sections of the book and not to lose the context. Second book is much larger and actually you can think of it as research of how languages spread to different populations. Based on it and the genetic data of sampled ancient civilizations, you can try to reconstruct the influence of migrations on languages, how foreign cultures influenced different group of people, as well as how modern nations came to existence. Only thing you need is a bit of good will and time because its not compiled knowledge, you need to connect the dots yourself.

Good luck out there

Thank you, I am looking into these

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

https://www.amazon.com/Horse-Wheel-L.../dp/069114818X
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ho...,_and_Language
This is top read for the subject.

I have come across this book at some point but did not read it properly, it seems to revise the Kurgan hypothesis which I am interested in, therefore thank you I shall read it on Sunday