But even with the genetic evidence, the steppe hypothesis had a major problem: how to explain the Anatolian branch of Indo–European — some scholars use the term Indo–Anatolian — which ...

However, one group of Indo-European languages – the Anatolian – does not exhibit any steppe ancestry. Anatolian languages, including Hittite, are the oldest branch of the Indo-European tongues ...

The only branch of Indo-European language (IE) that had not exhibited any steppe ancestry previously was Anatolian, including Hittite, probably the oldest branch to split away, uniquely preserving ...

However, one group of Indo-European languages – the Anatolian – does not exhibit any steppe ancestry. Anatolian languages, including Hittite, are the oldest branch of the Indo-European tongues to ...