Where do we come from? Who are we? What sets us apart from others? These questions are more pressing today than ever before. Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe trace back to prehistory and explain how we became the Europeans we are today. Migration and movement are not phenomena of modern times: since humans mastered upright walking, they have been driven from their homeland in Africa to the entire world, including Europe. Until recently, this prehistory remained in the dark, but with new methods in genetics, everything has fundamentally changed. Johannes Krause, one of the leading experts in the field, along with Thomas Trappe, reveals what our genes tell us about our origins: Are there "primitive peoples"? When did early Europeans lose their dark skin? What role did the Balkan route play over the past 40,000 years? A grand narrative that shows: Without the immigrants who have come to Europe from all directions over millennia, bringing innovations time and again, our continent would be unimaginable.