http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/science/dna-deciphers-roots-of-modern-europeans.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=1
For centuries, archaeologists have reconstructed the early history of Europe by digging up ancient settlements and examining the items that their inhabitants left behind. More recently, researchers have been scrutinizing something even more revealing than pots, chariots and swords: DNA.
On Wednesday in the journal Nature, two teams of scientists â€" one based at the University of Copenhagen and one based at Harvard University â€" presented the largest studies to date of ancient European DNA, extracted from 170 skeletons found in countries from Spain to Russia. Both studies indicate that today’s Europeans descend from three groups who moved into Europe at different stages of history.
The first were hunter-gatherers who arrived some 45,000 years ago in Europe. Then came farmers who arrived from the Near East about 8,000 years ago.
Quote from: Solitary on June 17, 2015, 09:32:15 PMThe first were hunter-gatherers who arrived some 45,000 years ago in Europe. Then came farmers who arrived from the Near East about 8,000 years ago.
The first men and the andals, respectively. :P
Good stuff, Sol, thanks. I find this kind of thing quite interesting.
I'll bet real estate was really cheap back then.