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Ancient DNA reveals how women helped transform prehistoric Europe
2026-05-30
New DNA evidence shows closer interactions between Europe’s hunter-gatherers and early farmers than previously thought, with women likely central to spreading farming across northwestern Europe. Bell Beaker migrations later drove major population changes reaching Britain.
Why It Matters
It illuminates the demographic and cultural transformations of prehistoric Europe through migration, admixture, and sex-biased gene flow revealed by ancient DNA.
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