Name: The Lost DNA
Uploaded: 2020
Description: Cutting-edge DNA research is transforming our knowledge of who we are, where we come from and how we got here.

Cutting-edge DNA research is transforming our knowledge of who we are, where we come from and how we got here.

Some 9,000 years ago dark-skinned, blue-eyed hunter-gatherers roamed our forests and plains. Thousands of years later, a new wave of settlers washed into Europe from the Middle East and the Mediterranean, bringing with them a dynamic new technology – farming.

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Some 9,000 years ago dark-skinned, blue-eyed hunter-gatherers roamed our forests and plains.

Origins

Fast forward to the Middle Ages, and a critical time in Europe’s history – the transition from paganism to Christianity.