The detailed genetic study of one of the first farming communities in Europe, from central Germany, reveals marked similarities with populations living in the Ancient Near East (modern-day Turkey, Iraq and other countries) rather than those from Europe, the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) at the University of Adelaide said in a news statement about the research. http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2010/11/asian-invaders-showed-european.html and http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101109172344.htm and http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000536 That study indicates that early farming man [Turkic based language] traveled West. Another study involving DNA and a bit of lingistics indicates that the hunters, whose language was different [Indo-European based language], were moving East at the same time in the same areas. http://www.turkicworld.org/turkic/60_Genetics/Klyosov2010DNK-GenealogyEn.htm It seems to make sense that as land was turned into farmland, the game would be driven away forcing the hunters to migrate. Both DNA signatures are found in Europe today. The Turkic group is R1b, which constitutes much of the Irish DNA. Janet