Ancient farmers, foragers kept genes to themselves
Groups lived alongside each other in Central Europe for 2,000 years but didn't intermingle
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EUROPE'S GENE SCENE Starting around 5,000 years ago, several farming populations influenced modern Europeans’ genetic makeup, a new study finds. One of those populations, the Corded Ware culture, is represented by this woman’s shell-covered skeleton excavated in Germany.
Juraj Lipták