Ok, so I've just finished a quick scan through both the new DNA study @DrDonnaYates mentioned yesterday, along w/ its supplementary info >
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> research on this, & etc etc (have moaned in print about this before!). In sum, worth being aware of, but it doesn't actually solve the >
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> historical questions in way geneticists and others seem to believe it does... Essentially, still have issues that interpretation of this >
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> material collected c.1500yrs after events studied relies on models and assumptions to understand how it *might* relate to the past :-/ >
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> Study of ancient DNA might get us further, ofc, but that's not what this looks at. Anyways, that's me done on this, will shut up now! :)
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One final thing: this is the map of continental DNA they compared GB DNA to....notice any gaps?! *Anglo*-Saxons ;)pic.twitter.com/NBwTiMlaZ5
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@caitlinrgreen@DrSueOosthuizen Still wondering where the Irish are... Surely lots of Irish DNA in Liverpool, Kilburn? -
@richmondie@DrSueOosthuizen Well, that's another methodological issue! No data from Rep of Ireland to compare to GB! Def lots of Irish by > -
@richmondie@DrSueOosthuizen > mid-19thC in GB + late/post-Roman links to Wales etc... Like lack of comparative data from Angeln, worrying!
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