The Kurgans, identified as the first Proto-Indo-European speakers by archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
A) conquered much of East Asia several thousand years ago.
B) were a Germanic tribe that invaded England.
C) were herders from the steppes of today's Russia and Kazakhstan.
D) preserved Basque in present-day Spain.
E) were the earliest speakers of Sino-Caucasian, which they diffused through conquest.
Answer: C
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