[decimon]

Linearbandkeramik ping.

[Busywhiskers]

That seems to have been the pattern on this continent also.

[Just another Joe]

Pretty simple really.
Women chose to have children with men who could supply a stable source of food in order to raise said children without them starving.

Besides, women decided that carrying the tents while following the migrating herds really sucked.

[Grut]

"For the first time we are now able to directly compare the genes of these Stone Age Europeans, and what we find is that some DNA types just aren't there - despite being common in Europeans today."

Erich von Däniken, please call the office! ;^)

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Hey, I've only posted this twice this week...

The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
in local libraries

Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP

[Citizen Tom Paine]

I like the terminology the anthropologists use. The IndoEuropeans invaded Europe about 7,500 years ago and (replaced) the original inhabitants. Replaced means killed, raped, took as slaves, and otherwise removed them from the face of the Earth.

One wonders what kind of a world we would live in if the original Europeans had driven the IndoEuropeans back to Carpathia?

[Unam Sanctam]

Hmmm, so I wonder if the Indo-Europeans were these first farmers or a later group that fill in the supposed missing DNA needed to make modern Europeans.