Fascinating how, when it suits their current political point, someone would see colonisation and mass migration as equivalent terms
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I would never have thought to equate e.g. the English colonising Ireland to the Irish migrating to England for work.
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Annexing territory seems like a totally different process and I suspect this shows up in the genetic record as well. Any thoughts
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@declamare my guess would be that many (most?) colonizing events would leave greater traces of men moving than women. y-chroms in latin...2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@declamare yeah. brits in india, for instance - with just a small pop ruling from the top - can't have left much of a genetic mark...2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@declamare ...despite there being some anglo-indians.
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