A new genetic study has revealed that a dramatic ‘population replacement’ took place about 6,000 BC.
The ancient Britons who built Stonehenge were descended from migrants with origins in modern-day Turkey, scientists have claimed.
The conquerors brought farming techniques with them but are also believed to have introduced the tradition of building stone monuments.Mesolithic hunter-gatherers are believed to have had dark skin, whilst the farmers who replaced them had lighter skin – although their pigmentation was probably still darker than later populations of white people.
‘This may reflect the fact that farming arrived in Britain a couple of thousand years later than it did in Europe,’ the team wrote.
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