Neolithic Europe
Era of pre-history
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| September 2023 |
Brú na Bóinne
The Irish state purchased Dowth Hall and 552 acres of surrounding land, marking a significant step towards establishing Brú na Bóinne National Park.
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| 2017 | Analysis of 180 ancient DNA datasets from the Chalcolithic and Neolithic periods in Hungary, Germany, and Spain revealed evidence of a prolonged period of interbreeding between Early European Farmers (EEF) and Western Hunter-Gatherers (WHG), showing gradual genetic admixture throughout the 5th to 4th millennia BC. |
| 2014 | A seminal genetic study first identified the genetic contribution of three main components to modern European lineages, using the genome of a woman buried around 7,000 years ago from a Linear Pottery culture grave in Stuttgart, Germany. |
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