Romans in Britain; much guff spouted by frothing inexperts; now some who know their eggs @JenniferRaff @wmarybeardhttp://theatln.tc/2ulxEDy
only read the that piece+image. i think perhaps i lean to taleb (though blocked so who knows). britain was multicultural. not multiracial
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ppl of the same lineage switched across multiple identities across a 3 century transect.
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My point, and I'm def not an expert on Roman Britain, was that you can't make any assumptions these days, need to look carefully at aDNA.
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all assertions need to have large error boundary. though now in europe the prior is i think bronze age is what's really defining modern pop
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also, i wonder if roman cosmopolitanism i attenuated in modern *genetic* record because of concentration in urban areas (demographic sinks)
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We don't see genetic legacy from l'anse aux meadows, doesn't mean the Norse weren't there.
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