A Handful Of Bronze-Age Men Could Have Fathered Two Thirds Of Europeans
Europe has surprisingly little genetic variety. Learning how and when the modern gene-pool came together has been a long journey. But thanks to new technological advances a picture is slowly coming together of repeated colonization by peoples from the east with more efficient lifestyles. Top image: An 1899 painting by Viktor Vasnetsov imagining a kurgan…
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Daniel Zadik — The Conversation