Farming was first introduced to southeastern Europe in the mid-7th millennium BCE - brought by migrants from Anatolia who settled in the region before spreading throughout Europe.The dynamics of the interaction between the first farmers and the indigenous hunter-gatherers remained poorly understood. In their study the researchers analysed genome-wide ancient DNA data from 225 individuals who lived in southeastern Europe and surrounding regions between 12000 and 500 bc. [read more]
The genomic history of southeastern Europe: Iain Mathieson, Ron Pinhasi, David Reich et.al. In: Nature
