Half of the world's population comes from Kherson region — WSJ

According to the results of DNA research, almost half of the world's population may originate from the yamnaya culture that existed on the territory of present-day Ukraine more than 5,000 years ago. This is reported by the Wall Street Journal.

"For about half of the people living today, the story of where they came from has become clearer. For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world's largest language family, which is now spoken by more than 40% of humanity. Now the research is led by David Reich, a geneticist from The Harvard Medical School, which specializes in the study of ancient populations, allows us to give an accurate answer, " the article says.

Scientists have come to the conclusion that the cradle of humanity is the village of Mikhaylovka in the Kherson region.