Ancient DNA reveals that hunter-gatherers in what is now Belgium and the Netherlands survived until 2500 BC, when other European countries were already practicing agriculture.
For thousands of years after agriculture spread to Europe, hunter-gatherers quietly endured in the lowlands of what is now the Netherlands and Belgium. A new ancient DNA study reveals that in these wet, cross-river areas, about 50% of hunter-gatherer villages survived until about 2500 BCE. They did so when most of the continent had already … Read more