# Afterlife Detour 5: Chasing Proto-Indo-European

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Podcast: [History in the Bible](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-in-the-bible-173861)
Published: 2025-12-14T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this detour episode we go way, way back. Six thousand years ago, a language was forming that would spawn dozens of descendants, who came to occupy most of Europe and much of Anatolia, India and Iran. This ancient tongue is Proto-Indo-European. Join Bernie Maoplski of the Fan of History podcast and I, as we chase down the latest theories on the origins of this ancestral language. You can find Bernie's show at https://shows.acast.com/history.

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