to a patrilineal and socially stratified society. They were found to be more closely related peoples of Neolithic Britain than peoples of Neolithic Central Europe, suggesting that they derived much of their ancestry from people who migrated along the European Atlantic coast. examined 2 skeletons from Rössberga, Östergötland, Sweden c. 3330-2920 BC. The 1 sample Y-haplogroup IJ-M429*, while the 2 samples of mtDNA extracted belonged to haplogroup J1c5 and U3a’c. They were found to be genetically related to Central European farmers of the Middle Neolithic, and were clearly differentiated from people of the contemporary Pitted Ware culture and the succeeding Battle Axe culture. People buried in Funnelbeaker megaliths during the time of the Battle Axe culture were found to be most closely related to Battle Axe people. Traces of Funnelbeaker admixture was however detected among the Battle Axe people. The evidence suggested that the Battle Axe culture entered Scandinavia through a migration from Eastern Europe, after which Battle Axe males mixed with Funnelbeaker females. found that the Funnelbeaker culture was mostly of Early European Farmer (EEF) ancestry. Among Funnelbeakers in Scandinavia, hunter-gatherer ancestry was estimated to be at about 50%, while in Central Europe it was at about 40%, with the remaining being EEF. Samples from the latest phases of the Funnelbeaker culture contained higher amounts of hunter-gatherer ancestry. The hunter-gatherers of the Pitted Ware culture, who displaced the Funnelbeakers throughout the coasts of southern Scandinavia, were found to carry slight amount of Funnelbeaker admixture. See also Western Linear Pottery culture Pit–Comb Ware culture Cardium Pottery culture Vlaardingen culture Prehistory and protohistory of Poland Stone Age Poland § Neolithic Scandinavian prehistory Prehistoric Germany Prehistoric Europe Old Europe Neolithic Europe Invention of the wheel Footnotes Sources J. P. Mallory, "TRB Culture", Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. Joachim Preuß. 1996. Das Neolithikum in Mitteleuropa, Kulturen - Wirtschaft Nationalencyklopedin Wade, Nicholas, "The Twists and Turns of History, and DNA", The New York Times'' March 12, 2006. Pedersen, Hilthart, "Die jüngere Steinzeit auf Bornholm", München & Ravensburg 2008. External links Nordic Stone Age Neolithic cultures of Europe Archaeological cultures of Central Europe Archaeological cultures of Northern Europe Archaeological cultures in the Czech Republic Archaeological cultures in Denmark Archaeological cultures in Germany Archaeological cultures in the Netherlands Archaeological cultures in Norway Archaeological cultures in Poland Archaeological cultures in Sweden Archaeological cultures in Ukraine