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How Europeans became tall and fair-skinned 8,500 years ago
Human DNA changed when prehistoric hunter-gatherers became farmers.
qz.com
In a paper published in Nature, the researchers show that northern Europeans seem to have a stronger genetic link to a particularly tall nomadic population from the Eurasian steppe who came to Europe around 4,500 years ago. Because of these genes, northern Europeans are still tall compared to others on the continent.