Recently, the preprint for a massive new study by Morten Allentoft and colleagues went online over at bioRxiv.org. It is a paper full of important and illuminating new data from all over Stone Age Eurasia. However, this article will mainly focus on the new data from Scandinavia. The newly sequenced ancient genomes from Scandinavia are…
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Bell Beakers and the replacement of the megalith builders in Western Europe
Starting around 4800 BC, a new cultural horizon had begun to become dominant in Western Europe. Massive stones were used to construct burial sites, monuments and religious sites. Some of the most famous remnants of this ancient culture includes Stonehenge in England and Newgrange in Ireland, as well as the Almendres Cromlech in Portugal. Recent…