
Evolution
When the First Farmers Arrived in Europe, Inequality Evolved
Forests gave way to fields, pushing hunter-gatherers to the margins—geographically and socially

Laura Spinney is a science journalist based in Paris. Credit: Nick Higgins

Forests gave way to fields, pushing hunter-gatherers to the margins—geographically and socially

The function of the leading genetic risk factor for the disease remains mostly unknown but that is set to change

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