About 11,500 years ago, Europe and the Middle East were emerging from an Ice Age. MigratedAbout 9,000 years ago these farmers migrated into Europe to find new fertile lands to cultivate. They spilled across the Aegean Sea and the Bosporus into Greece and the Balkan Peninsula and penetrated Europe along two paths. Archaeobotany, the study of ancient pollen mainly, and archaeozoology, the study of ancient bones, have also been of great use. The fact that farmers and hunter-gatherers could be distinguished by physical appearance would also facilitate this discrimination.

Source: The Irish Times October 01, 2020 00:00 UTC