Taller Mediterraneans ( Atlanto - Mediterraneans ) were Neolithic seafarers who sailed in reed - type boats and colonized the Mediterranean basin from a Near Eastern origin .
Coon argued that smaller Mediterraneans traveled by land from the Mediterranean basin north into Europe in the Mesolithic era .
Taller Mediterraneans ( Atlanto - Mediterraneans ) were Neolithic seafarers who sailed in reed - type boats and colonized the Mediterraneans basin from a Near Eastern origin .
Coon argued that smaller Mediterraneans traveled by land from the Mediterranean basin north into Europe in the Mesolithic era .