Earliest farmers in central Europe

In a small, rather popular programm on the telly last night, they presented
new research on the origins of the first agriculturalists in Central Europe.
DNA from early Bandkeramik bones was taken and compared with the Near East
and the local population today.

Important parts of the argument seem to have been missing (or were simply
not presented?), but the main point was, that there were comparable DNA
finds in the Near East while nothing (probably meaning very little) of that
DNA is seen in todays population. They concluded, that those first agrarians
had died out, while their cultural background had been adopted by locals.

It was a story with more holes in it than usually, probably largely
misunderstood by the journalists. Does anyone know more about the scientific
research done, testing having been done on human bones and sheep/goat from
the earliest neolithic?

thanks for the help

have fun

Uwe Mueller



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