An eastern boundary for where this place could have been is set by the natural distribution of honey bees.
The "salmon argument" was support for a now discredited hypothesis for locating this place. An eastern boundary for where this place could have been is set by the natural distribution of honey bees. A 2015 study by Haak et al found high genetic similarity between the people of the Yamnaya and Corded Ware Cultures, supporting the most accepted theory for the location of this place. Borrowed words for "to give", "to walk", and "to wash" in Proto-Uralic have been used to locate this place. The ability to reconstruct words for (*) wheeled transport supports Marija Gimbutas' Kurgan Hypothesis, which designates the Pontic-Caspian steppes of Ukraine and Russia as this place. For 10 points, name this place where the first common ancestor of languages like Hindi, Russian, Latin, and English was spoken.
The "salmon argument" was support for a now discredited hypothesis for locating this place.
Indo-European homeland or Indo-European urheimat (accept descriptive answers that convey that it's the place where Proto-Indo-European was spoken)