How Stone Age farmers spread agriculture across Europe
They moved north and mingled with hunter-gatherers, new genetic research finds
“An analysis of 5,000-year-old genetic material from preserved human remains found in Sweden suggests that people moving from southern to northern Europe spread agriculture across that continent long ago.
In addition to agricultural know-how, the intrepid farmers brought their genes: They interbred with hunter-gatherer communities to create modern humans living in Europe today.”
By LiveScience staff writer Jennifer Welsh