Also interesting, 'First evidence of a Late Upper Palaeolithic human presence in Ireland', c. 10,800-10,600 cal BC:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299344978_First_evidence_of_a_Late_Upper_Palaeolithic_human_presence_in_Ireland …
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As land bridge lost c.15,000 yrs ago, palaeolithic ppl presumably arrived in Ireland by sea? http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/239689.pdf …pic.twitter.com/83FEpnVVde
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St George’s Channel presumably would have widened gradually to its current 47 miles.
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Interestingly, Ireland's coast seems to have reached current profile, or close to it, much more rapidly than North Sea coast.
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Similarly from Belfast to Manchester over Mannin, bottom of shallow seas on sandbanks around estuaries often visible.
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"Sniff...Mesolithic Franco-Iberian hunter-gatherers come over here, with their strange, snail-eating food habits".
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Hah! :)
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does this research support the old theory of Atlantic-Mediterranean race that colonized British Isles, Ireland & Scandinavia?
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Well, it certainly would seem to partially point towards a movement in this direction...
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The genetical evidence supports this, too. Fascinating.https://www.sott.net/article/263587-DNA-shows-Irish-people-have-more-complex-origins-than-previously-thought …
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Thanks :)
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Those origins explain the legend of Míl Espáine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADl_Esp%C3%A1ine …
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- fascinating, as always ... :-)
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I wonder if some of these are appearing in my garden now?
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the address reminded me with an article was published in guardians about the origin of red deers in Scottish Isles.
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I'd read about this as a theory before but it's great to see there's now some evidence to back it up :D!
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That's my mob M222 Haplogroup, my dad was a Mayo man thus we have the so-called Niall gene.
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so far all mesolithic aDNA from western Europe looks fairly uniform/consistent. We don't have any let form Ireland let
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you clearly havent heard of the annual Great Snail migration in the Serengeti, herds of millions moving thousands of miles
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This is confirmed by multiple methods now, yes?
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