The first farmers of Europe

Bern, Germany (SPX) Sep 01, 2021

A research team from the University of Bern has managed to precisely date pile dwellings on the banks of Lake Ohrid in the south-western Balkans for the first time: they came into being in the middle of the 5th millennium BC. The region around the oldest lake in Europe played a key role in the proliferation of agriculture. Remains of under-water sites are a stroke of luck for pre-historic