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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.*
5000 years ago may sound like a lot. But in evolutionary biology, and even more so in geology, this kind of age is referred to as "now".
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