The Beaker folk lived approximately 4,500 years ago across the temperate zones of Europe, during the Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age.
Sources
- Prehistoric Age Browse - Page 1 (britannica.com)
- https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/february/the-beaker-people-a-new-population-for-ancient-britain.html (nhm.ac.uk)
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bronze-age-ldquo-beaker-culture-rdquo-invaded-britain-ancient-genome-study-finds/ (scientificamerican.com)
- https://ehrafarchaeology.yale.edu/traditions/e050 (ehrafarchaeology.yale.edu)
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