Was it the entire population or just the males? At this time there was a worldwide phenomenon called the Neolithic Y chromosome bottleneck in which 95% of Y chromosomes disappeared.
The fact that we see this disparity between the sexes means that this wasn’t a disease based takeover like it was in the Americas.
Could this mean just that 95% failed to reproduce?
The fact that we see this disparity between the sexes means that this wasn’t a disease based takeover like it was in the Americas.