"DNA Analysis Suggests Scandinavia's First Farmers Slaughtered Hunter-Gatherers"

A new study from Lund University in Sweden, published in Nature, suggests that the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago led to the rapid extinction of the hunter-gatherer population within a few generations, contrary to previous beliefs. DNA analysis of skeletal remains indicates two major population turnovers in Denmark over the past 7,300 years, with the first occurring when a farmer population displaced the hunter-gatherers, possibly through violence and the introduction of new pathogens from livestock. A second turnover occurred about 4,850 years ago when people with genetic roots in Yamnaya, originating from southern Russia, replaced the previous farmer population. The study sheds new light on historical migration flows and provides insights into the development of certain diseases.