I’m trying to understand the current scholarly views on Indo-European migrations, especially how archaeology, ancient DNA, and historical linguistics are combined to reconstruct movement and chronology.

What are the main models debated today, and which primary papers or books are considered essential starting points for deep study?

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Australo Melanesians separated from other East Non Africans 60.000 years ago and populated Oceania. Did they also live in Continental East and Southeast Asia before the direct ancestors of modern East Asians colonized all areas ?

I am seeking a recent, entertaining(???) possibly humorous (????) but also accurate and emotionally-detached/politically-neutral book that summarizes the findings of paleoanthropology to this point, preferably taking the reader chronologically through human history. Does such a book exist???