DNA from skeletons ‘challenges perceptions and understanding of ancient England’

[Still Waters]

Ancient DNA extracted from skeletons in burial sites across England shows evidence of mass migration from Europe and movement of people from as far as West Africa, challenging perceptions that English ancestors lived in small elite groups, archaeologists have said.

Research recently published by the team revealed the first people to call themselves English were largely descended from northern Europeans, mainly Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.

But further investigation by scientists at the University of Central Lancashire also shows an individual having a genetic link to West Africa, pointing to a “diverse and complex” culture in England during the early Middle Ages.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dna-skeletons-challenges-perceptions-understanding-230100257.html

[Piney]

England was "International" since the Bronze Age because of the tin trade. It was a Roman summering spot for the wealthy and a hot spot for Roman Laeti and sailors on trade ships to settle down.

Then we have Vikings who's ships were crewed by folks that joined them from areas they traded. 

Then we have the Normans, who have Alan, a Iranian nomadic people who were mixing it up on the Yellow River in China before the Turkic and Mongolian tribes chased them into Europe.

Let's see, Septimus Severus' African Laeti, Sarmatian (i.e. Alan) Laeti. 

Arab servants brought back by Crusaders........need coffee....

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