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Peopling Of Europe

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Island And Maritime Colonization3Mesolithic Coastal And Riverine Colonization2Neolithic Farmer Expansion3Paleolithic Migrations4Postglacial Recolonization Refugia2Steppe And Bronze Age Migrations3

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Yamnaya expansions into Eastern and Central Europe (c. 3300–2500 BCE)

4300 BCE - 2000 BCE

12 entries

Spread of Cardial/Impressed Ware Neolithic along the Mediterranean coast (c. 6,400–5,000 BCE)

6400 BCE - 5000 BCE

12 entries

Peopling of Sardinia and Corsica during the Neolithic (c. 6,000–3,000 BCE)

6000 BCE - 1500 BCE

14 entries

Neolithic settlement of the Northern Isles (Orkney, Shetland) and the Hebrides (c. 3,500–2,000 BCE)

4000 BCE - 2000 BCE

14 entries

Neolithic settlement of Crete and the Aegean islands (c. 7,000–3,000 BCE)

13000 BCE - 3000 BCE

12 entries

Neolithic dispersal from Anatolia into Southeast Europe (c. 7,500–6,000 BCE)

8300 BCE - 5500 BCE

12 entries

Neanderthal–modern human overlap and population interactions in Europe (c. 50,000–28,000 BP)

53848 BCE - 28048 BCE

13 entries

Mesolithic settlement of the Baltic and Scandinavian coasts (c. 11,500–7,000 BP)

10950 BCE - 4000 BCE

12 entries

Mesolithic colonization of the Atlantic seaboard and the British Isles (c. 11,000–6,000 BP)

9600 BCE - 4000 BCE

13 entries

Magdalenian reoccupation and cultural expansion in Western Europe (c. 17,000–12,000 BP)

17050 BCE - 9750 BCE

12 entries

Linear Pottery Culture (LBK) expansion into Central Europe (c. 5,500–4,500 BCE)

5600 BCE - 4900 BCE

12 entries

Last Glacial Maximum refugia and postglacial recolonization of Europe (c. 26,500–10,000 BP)

26500 BCE - 9750 BCE

12 entries
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