Britain's ancient people were wiped out by stone age tribes who arrived on the island around 6,000 years ago, new research suggests. Experts analysed the DNA of later stone age skeletons and their predecessors to make the findings. Experts say that there is little evidence of substantial interbreeding between the Mesolithic - or middle stone age - British and the later Neolithic arrivals. Farming in continental Europe arrived with Neolithic farmers of Aegean ancestry via two main routes. In Britain, Neolithic cultures appeared around 4000 BC, nearly a millennium after the transition to farming in adjacent regions of continental Europe.

Source: Daily Mail April 15, 2019 15:00 UTC