Maria Gimbutas
Maria Gimbutas was a Lithuanian-American archaeologist and anthropologist known for her influential theories on prehistoric Europe, particularly the Kurgan hypothesis which proposed that the Indo-European language family originated from the Yamnaya culture in the Eurasian steppes. Her work has sparked significant debate and further research in the field.
Born on Jan 23, 1921 (104 years old)
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Maria Gimbutas proposed a popular model of the settlement of the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language in 1956.
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