The Baltic Corded Ware: When the Herder met the Hunter

Is this the first known case of European farmer-herders 'going native'?

In general, farmers eventually win against hunters. It’s a dynamic we’ve seen play out on every continent, and with the exception of marginal and inhospitable geographies, farmers either push out or convert hunter-gatherers to agriculture. But the process isn’t linear nor inevitable in the short-term, and the strange interactions of the borders between …