Proto: How One Ancient Language Went GlobalAs the planet emerged from the last ice age, a language was born between Europe and Asia. This ancient tongue, which we call Proto Indo European, soon exploded out of its cradle, changing and fragmenting as it went, until its offspring were spoken from Scotland to China. Today those descendants constitute the worlds largest language family, the thread that connects disparate cultures: Dantes Inferno to the Rig Veda, The Lord of the Rings to the love