Men in Spain were almost totally wiped out and replaced by a mass movement of people from the Russian steppe, genetic analysis has revealed. Transformation of the Iberian peninsula, which includes modern day Portugal and Spain, happened between 4,000 and 4,500 years ago during the Bronze Age. Most striking was an influx of new people during the later Copper Age, otherwise known as the Beaker period because of the ubiquitous presence in burials of large drinking vessels, from about 4,500 years ago. Around 2,500 BC, the researchers found, Iberians began living alongside newcomers from central Europe who carried recent ancestry from those people on the Russian steppe. Analyses revealed that the woman's ancestry was entirely local, while the man had very recent ancestors from central Europe.

Source: Daily Mail March 15, 2019 18:35 UTC