[john mirse]

The first were hunter-gatherers who arrived some 45,000 years ago in Europe. Then came farmers who arrived from the Near East about 8,000 years ago.

Finally, a group of nomadic sheepherders from western Russia called the Yamnaya arrived about 4,500 years ago.

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Adam and Eve: And where does the biblical story about Adam and Eve fit into all this mess?

[Natufian]

All the different cultures in the era referenced had a story to explain their origins. Adam and Eve is one of those stories.