The Fall of Neolithic Europe

MyHeritage is running a special promotion for a limited time! Click the link https://bit.ly/DanDavisDNA_MH or scan the QR code, and use the coupon code DANDNA to get your DNA kit for just $19! Around 5,000 years ago, the Globular Amphora Culture occupied much of Central and Eastern Europe. Long overshadowed by the Corded Ware Culture and the Steppe migrations, ancient DNA has transformed our understanding of these Late Neolithic people, revealing that they were not Steppe pastoralists, but descendants of Europe's first farmers who nevertheless helped shape the genetic and cultural landscape of Bronze Age Europe. This video explains their origins, settlements, stone battle axes, ritual ox burials, ancient DNA, the Koszyce massacre, and their remarkable legacy in prehistoric Europe. *If you enjoy my videos please consider supporting the channel* Become a YouTube Channel Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUVwT8zcS5Z_rYXnpomlbfg/join Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dandavisauthor All my books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3xngwz5 *Sources* Johannes Müller – Separation, Hybridisation, and Networks: Globular Amphora Sedentary Pastoralists ca. 3200–2700 BCE (2023) Marzena Szmyt – Between West and East: People of the Globular Amphora Culture in Eastern Europe: 2950–2350 BC (1999) Haak et al. (2015) Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe Mathieson et al. (2018) The genomic history of southeastern Europe Luka Papac et al. Dynamic changes in genomic and social structures in third millennium BCE central Europe. (2021) Schroeder et al. (2019) Unraveling ancestry, kinship and violence in a Late Neolithic mass grave Przybyła, Włodarczak et al. (2013) The Kurgan Culture and the Indo-Europeanization of Europe (1997) Articles by Marija Gimbutas Ringbauer, H., Huang, Y., Akbari, A. et al. Accurate detection of identity-by-descent segments in human ancient DNA. Nat Genet 56, 143–151 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-023-01582-w *Thank you to the artists* Ancient Europeans https://www.instagram.com/ancienteuropeans2/ Ancestral Whispers https://www.ancestralwhispers.org/ Maps by https://maptism.org/ *Video Chapters* 00:00 The Globular Amphora Culture 01:28 Sponsorship 03:12 What is the GAC? 11:05 The Corded Ware culture 14:00 The Koszyce mass grave 16:09 Amber sun discs 16:51 The GAC legacy