title: Human prehistory: Hunting for the earliest farmers.
abstract: The degree to which the spread of farming into Europe was accompanied by demographic shifts is subject to intense debate. Genetic evidence from Europe's first farmers and their hunter-gatherer counterparts now suggests an important role for the immigration of farmers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Archaeology, Durham University, UK. p.a.rowley-conwy@durham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rowley-Conwy
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000266:history*; D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial