A recent research carried out by a team from the Universities of Bristol, Cardiff and Oxford, has claimed that the earliest farmers of Neolithic Germany who were buried with their tools might be having more land in their possession as compared to others. It was claimed after in excess of 300 human skeletons from sites across central Europe were examined and it was found that there was apparent difference as far as land access is concerned among the first Neolithic farmers.

"The men buried with adzes appear to have lived on food grown in areas of loess, the fertile and productive soil favoured by early farmers. This indicates they had consistent access to preferred farming areas”, said Professor Bentley, Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, while claiming that strontium isotope analysis managed to reveal a lot more about the same. It is believed that this has also shed light on patrilocality.

There are fair chances that this study would be able to reveal a lot more about how human populations grew in the Neolithic. It is being inferred from the evidence available that the earliest farmers were part of a system of land tenure.