Recent findings based on genome analysis (‘Nature Journal’) provide evidence that ancient Armenian tribes from the Armenian Highlands and North Eurasians are the forefathers of modern Europeans. The European gene pool was formed when three ancient populations mixed within the last 7,000 years. Blue-eyed swarthy hunter-gatherers mingled with brown-eyed pale skinned farmers as well as northern Eurasians were instrumental in the emergence of the modern Europeans. Two of these tribes migrated from the Armenian Highlands into Europe at different times. A group of hunters arrived in Europe from the Armenian Highlands a thousand years before the advent of agriculture. They hunkered down in southern Europe during the Ice Age and then expanded during the Mesolithic Age, when the ice sheets had withdrawn north. Some 7,000 years ago yet another group migrated westward from the Armenian Highlands into Europe. These people were farmers with pale skin and brown eyes, who share genetic affinity with modern Middle Easterners. These two tribes, along with a northern European tribe mixed giving birth to modern Europeans..
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