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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => History => Topic started by: rangerrebew on February 24, 2018, 12:40:30 pm
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Copper Age Iberians 'exported' their culture -- but not their genes -- all over Europe
The largest ever genomic study shows that the first Beaker expansion was one of cultural diffusion
Date:
February 21, 2018
Source:
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Summary:
Prehistoric Iberians 'exported' their culture throughout Europe, reaching Great Britain, Sicily, Poland and all over central Europe in general. However, they did not export their genes. The Beaker culture, which probably originated in Iberia, left remains in those parts of the continent. However, that diffusion was not due to large migrations of populations that took this culture with them.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180221131858.htm (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180221131858.htm)