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In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands. The two largest peninsulas are Europe itself and Scandinavia to the north, divided from each other by the Baltic Sea. Three smaller peninsulas— Iberia, Italy, and the Balkans —emerge from the southern margin of the mainland.
The Jewish population of Europe is composed primarily of two groups, the Ashkenazi and the Sephardi. Ancestors of Ashkenazi Jews likely migrated to Central Europe at least as early as the 8th century, while Sephardi Jews established themselves in Spain and Portugal at least one thousand years before that.
The European genetic structure today (based on 273,464 SNPs). Three levels of structure as revealed by PC analysis are shown: A) inter-continental; B) intra-continental; and C) inside a single country (Estonia), where median values of the PC1&2 are shown. D) European map illustrating the origin of sample and population size.
Ethnobiology is the multidisciplinary field of study of relationships among peoples, biota, and environments integrating many perspectives, from the social, biological, and medical sciences; along with application to conservation and sustainable development. The diversity of perspectives in ethnobiology allows for examining complex, dynamic ...
In 2010, fears of a sovereign debt crisis [284] developed concerning some countries in Europe, especially Greece, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. [285] As a result, measures were taken, especially for Greece, by the leading countries of the Eurozone. [286] The EU-27 unemployment rate was 10.3% in 2012. For those aged 15–24 it was 22.4%. [287]
Alpine long-eared bat, Plecotus macrobullarisNT (mountains of southern Europe) Sardinian long-eared bat, Plecotus sardusCR (Sardinia) Canary long-eared bat, Plecotus teneriffaeCR (Canary Islands in Africa - Spain) and: [ n 1 ] Gaisler's long-eared bat, Plecotus gaisleri[ 2 ]EN (Malta, Italy) Barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellusVU.
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
European countries by population density. Figures are for the European portion of the given countries listed, unless given in italics. Total density and other details may be found in the associated note. Country or dependency. Europe density /km 2. Europe population. Europe area km 2. 1. Monaco.