DNA研究显示,在公元前24时以前,通过文化交流,而不是大规模移徙,在西北欧洲的农耕蔓延。 草原迁徙取代了大多数新石化英国人。 A DNA study shows farming spread in northwest Europe via cultural exchange, not mass migration, until a 2400 B.C.E. steppe migration replaced most Neolithic Britons.

一项新的DNA研究表明,包括英国在内的欧洲西北部晚期新石化人口拥有大量的猎人-采集者祖先,其基因组成中多达50%的基因可追溯到当地群体。 A new DNA study reveals that late Neolithic populations in northwestern Europe, including Britain, had significant hunter-gatherer ancestry, with up to 50% of their genetic makeup tracing back to local groups. 尽管采用耕作方式,这些社区保持了独特的遗传特征,特别是在湿地地区。 Despite adopting farming, these communities maintained distinct genetic identities, particularly in wetland regions. 研究表明,农业不是通过大规模移徙传播的,而是通过文化交流传播的,来自农业社区的妇女融入了狩猎-采集社会。 The research shows that farming spread not through mass migration but via cultural exchange, with women from farming communities integrating into hunter-gatherer societies. 大约公元前2400年左右,与贝尔贝克文化相关的大规模移民向该地区引入了草原祖先,迅速取代了英国90%的尼奥氏人口,并改变了其遗传和文化景观。 Around 2400 B.C.E., a major migration linked to the Bell Beaker culture introduced steppe ancestry into the region, rapidly replacing up to 90% of Britain’s Neolithic population and reshaping its genetic and cultural landscape.