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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: DBS on December 22, 2021, 07:28:23 PM

Title: Evidence of Celtic / proto Celtic migration to Britain?
Post by: DBS on December 22, 2021, 07:28:23 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59741723

And the Nature article from which it is derived...  If you have academic access (I do not).

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04287-4
Title: Re: Evidence of Celtic / proto Celtic migration to Britain?
Post by: Mark G on December 22, 2021, 09:43:22 PM
interesting stuff.  but i worry that the Home Secretary may read it and start a repatriation campaign, once she reads that half of the population may be descended from these migrants.
Title: Re: Evidence of Celtic / proto Celtic migration to Britain?
Post by: Nick Harbud on December 23, 2021, 10:04:01 AM
And if you share Neil Oliver's view (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b087vh70) that European civilisation started in the Orkneys, then Kirkwall could become a very crowded place.

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Title: Re: Evidence of Celtic / proto Celtic migration to Britain?
Post by: Mark G on December 23, 2021, 12:04:31 PM
Oliver of course is wrong.  There was no civilisation before cricket
Title: Re: Evidence of Celtic / proto Celtic migration to Britain?
Post by: Nick Harbud on December 23, 2021, 01:15:31 PM
You mean, Stonehenge is not modelled on Lords?   :o

Title: Re: Evidence of Celtic / proto Celtic migration to Britain?
Post by: Mark G on December 23, 2021, 05:10:30 PM
Lords members may well have helped build Stonehenge- they look old enough