Seafarers brought Neolithic culture to Europe, gene study indicates
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 11:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Genetic evidence in modern populations suggests that Neolithic farmers from the Levant traveled mostly by sea to reach Europe. By 7,000 B.C., they were introducing their ideas and their genes to the native Paleolithic people, who had migrated to the continent 30,000 to 40,000 years before.