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Reconstruction of a neolithic stilt house, Germany. Robin Nieuwenkamp/Shutterstock

They’re thought to have formed the first farming community in central Europe, bringing with them domestic animals and agriculture from the Middle East. Known as the Linearbandkeramik Culture (LBK), this group of Neolithic peoples lived in a wide area ranging from France in the west to Ukraine in the east around 5200 BCE.