They belonged to a Bronze Age people called the Yamnaya.

他们属于青铜时代一个叫做颜那亚人的民族。

The Yamnaya culture developed in what is now part of Ukraine and western Russia.

颜那亚文化发展于如今的乌克兰及俄罗斯西部的部分地区。

That does not mean the Yamnaya people were warriors on horseback.

那并不意味着颜那亚人是骑马的战士。

The Yamnaya are important because of their expansion across Eurasia in only a few generations.

颜那亚人之所以重要，是因为他们在短短几代人的时间里就扩张到了欧亚大陆。

But horses may have helped the Yamnaya more effectively send communications, build alliances and control the herds of cattle that were important to their economy.

但马可能帮助颜那亚人更有效地发送信息、建立联盟以及控制对其经济至关重要的牛群。