Dave JAnalysis at a megalithic #tomb at #Bury, north of #Paris, shows two separate phases of burial: unusually young deaths in the 3100s BCE—perhaps indicating major crisis such as war or famine—and an unrelated population derived from #Iberia some centuries later.
This supports evidence elsewhere in #Europe of a #Neolithic #population #collapse ~5000 years ago.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03027-z #science #anthropology #archaeology #archeology #biology #genetics #DNA #France
Population discontinuity in the Paris Basin linked to evidence of the Neolithic decline - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Analysis of ancient human genomes from a Neolithic collective gallery grave in northern France points to population discontinuity and turnover between the third and fourth millennium BC.
Kierkethumbs up convincingly