Here's a reminder about one of the most important results of the past thirteen years of ancient #DNA research.

Northern Europe was overrun by plague-spreading steppe nomads less than 5000 years ago, causing an almost complete population replacement. It's a 1492 event.

Everybody knows that us Northern Europeans aren't the original inhabitants of North America. *But we aren't even the original inhabitants of Northern Europe.*

#archaeology #immigration

Here's a reminder about one of the most important results of the past thirteen years of ancient #DNA research.

Northern Europe was overrun by plague-spreading steppe nomads less than 5000 years ago, causing an almost complete population replacement. It's a 1492 event.

Everybody knows that us Northern Europeans aren't the original inhabitants of North America. *But we aren't even the original inhabitants of Northern Europe.*

#archaeology #immigration