Europe in 4500 BC

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^^^ Based on this map showing the expansion of farmers:

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Interesting that farmers reached the Baltic Sea before reaching the North Sea.

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On the island of Gotland, farmers (TRB) coexisted with hunters (PWC) for hundreds of years without assimilating each other:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...52409X17303231



But that was later than 4500 BC. First farmers reached Scandinavia around 4000 BC, probably by boats across the Baltic.