Neolithic farmers from Anatolia expanded westward for 2,000 years before reaching Atlantic coast

Neolithic farmers from Anatolia expanded westward for 2,000 years before reaching Atlantic coast. Neolithic expansion occurred around turn of 5th millennium BC Farmers of Anatolian descent spread westward through two routes: Balkans/Danubian plains and Mediterranean coast Bandkeramik people advanced through Danubian route with timber long houses

Around 5600–5000 BC, Anatolian-descended farmers pushed west via two routes: the Danubian/Balkans plains (Linearbandkeramik culture) and the Mediterranean coast. Both streams eventually reached western France — but neither brought any tradition of stone monument building 🏛️

Key Facts

• Neolithic expansion occurred around turn of 5th millennium BC
• Farmers of Anatolian descent spread westward through two routes: Balkans/Danubian plains and Mediterranean coast
• Bandkeramik people advanced through Danubian route with timber long houses
• Mediterranean populations advanced up Atlantic seaboard
• Both strands of Neolithic advancement converged in Brittany region
• Incoming farmers carried no tradition of monumentalism or stone building
• Farmers brought timber houses but no tradition of large stone burials

Source: Did Mesolithic Hunter Gatherers Kickstart the Megalithic Revolution? by The Prehistory Guys