However, the close association
between early farmers and the honeybee remained uncertain.
Comparisons of these genomes with those of other ancient Eurasian peoples indicate that Canaanite ancestry was split roughly 50 - 50
between the early farmers who settled the Levant and immigrants of Iranian descent who arrived later, between 6,600 and 3,550 years ago.
Not exact matches
An
earlier prediction of a moderate La Nina, which is associated with higher rainfall, for the spring / summer season
between September and February, had eased
farmers» drought fears.
DNA analysis of skeletons from
between 5840 and 5000 B.C. found evidence that the
early wave of European
farmers could not produce the enzyme lactase, which permits the digestion of milk, while later
farmers could.
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Farmers in this fertile central district of south Nepal are convinced that an intense drought
between May and
early July that destroyed their maize crops is the result of climate change.