A recent genetic study showed that the Brahmin caste, the highest Indian caste, is descended from the Yamnaya archaeological culture found north of the Black Sea. The Yamnaya are thought to have spoken Proto-Indo-European, the ancestral language of the Indo-European language family. | A recent genetic study showed that the Brahmin caste, the highest Indian caste, is descended from the Yamnaya archaeological culture found north of the Black Sea. The Yamnaya are thought to have spoken Proto-Indo-European, the ancestral language of the Indo-European language family. |