How the Beaker folk arrived in the UK around 4,500 years ago

Netherlands

Germany

Ireland

UK

Beaker ancestry lay in central Europe and further east to the Steppes

France

Spain

Italy

Portugal

Location of earliest carbon-dated pots

Netherlands

Ireland

UK

Germany

Beaker ancestry lay in central Europe and further east to the Steppes

France

Italy

Spain

Portugal

Location of earliest carbon-dated pots