Ancient European farmers and foragers hooked up big time
Genetic evidence shows interbreeding after agriculture arrived from what’s now Turkey

MIXED ANCESTRY Tiny samples taken from ancient European skulls, in a process shown here, yielded enough DNA for researchers to determine that farmers and foragers interbred in three different regions from 8,000 to nearly 4,000 years ago.
Balázs G. Mende
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