I think it's widely believed that Southern Ukraine was the origin of the proto Indo-Europeans who moved both West and East. I always found the Black Sea Deluge

I think it's widely believed that Southern Ukraine was the origin of the proto Indo-Europeans who moved both West and East. I always found the Black Sea Deluge theory interesting.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis There is some speculation that this flooding event was part of the impetus for the initial dispersion of the Indo-European from the area. In the Bible, it is claimed for instance that after the flood, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat, (south of the Black Sea in modern Turkey). Maybe this story and other flood myths (like Gilgamesh) were been carried by refuges from the event into their new homelands.... It would be extremely interesting to go back in time and watch these events unfold in fast forward.