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| Interesting little article in the Independent. Apparently our Neolithic forbears were of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern origin and were 90% were wiped out by plague carried by 'Beaker' incomers. Now that's something that I hadn't considered for the large cultural shift during the Bronze Age. The article states that that only Sardinia has remnants of it's original Neolithic population. http://www.independent.co.uk/n[...]gy-beaker-people-a8222341.html Also in the Daily Tory http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci[...]rmers-wiped-Beaker-people.html Different mag suggests that Bronze Age plague not spread by fleas. http://www.sciencemag.org/news[...]-age-plague-wasnt-spread-fleas Cambridge Archaeology http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/[...]flea-borne-ancient-dna-reveals A couple of other articles worth a butchers too... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci[...]ehistoric-migration-paths.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci[...]wings-led-modern-lanuages.html Reply | with quote | Posted by Monganaut 22nd February 2018ce 05:11 |
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