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" And then around 5,000 years ago, another major wave of easterners arrive. The Yamnaya came from the Russian Steppes, driving sheep, riding wagons, making bronze jewelry, and covering their dead in ochre as part of ritual burials. They came and rapidly their way of life spread into middle Europe, bringing their culture and genes, and their fair skin. Farming came to dominate and eventually entirely replace hunting and gathering. Pale skin came to replace dark skin, and we will see more of that later in this chapter. "
― Adam Rutherford , A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes