The Beaker folk lived approximately 4,500 years ago across the temperate zones of Europe, during the Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by Britannica's dedicated article using near-identical wording, and corroborated by Scientific American, Natural History Museum, and Current Archaeology/The Past regarding timing and geographic spread. [tier=bronze indep_score=0.3 clusters=3 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- Prehistoric Age Browse - Page 1 (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/february/the-beaker-people-a-new-population-for-ancient-britain.html (corroboration)
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bronze-age-ldquo-beaker-culture-rdquo-invaded-britain-ancient-genome-study-finds/ (corroboration)
- https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/prehistoric-pop-culture-deciphering-the-dna-of-the-bell-beaker-complex.htm (corroboration)