hunters-gatherers
Archaeology
Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Europe’s Hunter-Gatherers
Investigations undertaken recently by researchers into the DNA of hunter-gatherers who lived in Europe during the last Ice Age provide the most in-depth information regarding their migrations so far.
Researchers were able to reconstruct population movements throughout Eurasia between 5,000...
Ancient Greece
New Survey Says Greeks Taught Agriculture to Neolithic Scandinavians
A new Swedish-Danish survey shows that agriculture techniques transferred from Southern to Northern Europe gradually.
The scientists examined the DNA of four Scandinavian farmers of the Neolithic Age and found that they had more genes in common with inhabitants of...